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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
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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.