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Valparaiso
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city in Porter County, Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Porter
- Townships
- Center , Washington , Morgan
- Incorporated
- February 29, 1836
- Named after
- Valparaíso , Chile
- Mayor
- Jon Costas ( R )
- Total
- 16.44 sq mi (42.57 km )
- Land
- 16.39 sq mi (42.44 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km ) 0.32%
- Elevation
- 791 ft (241 m)
- Density
- 2,084.1/sq mi (804.68/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 46383-46385
- Fips code
- 18-78326
- Website
- www .ci .valparaiso .in .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Valparaíso
- Official name
- Valparaiso
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Porter County
- Population
- 34151
- Area
- 40.348123
- Elevation
- 242
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Porter County
- Official website
- www.ci.valparaiso.in.us
- Image
- Indiana Landscape Between Valparaiso and South Bend (14024007470).jpg
- Households
- 13965
- Dialing code
- 219
Show 11 more facts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Valparaiso, Indiana
- Commons category
- Valparaiso, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Valparaiso, Indiana
- postal code
- 46385
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Valparaiso, Indiana
- P8168
- Q239475
- water as percent of area
- 0.3097
- different from
- Valparaiso
- per capita income
- 33722
- P12749
- circus
- date of incorporation
- 1836-07-08
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Encyclopedic overview
Valparaiso (/ˌvælpəˈreɪzoʊ/ VAL-pə-RAY-zoh), colloquially Valpo, is a city in and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 34,151 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valparaiso” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.