Ahh, Spanish. That's a rare nationality in Indiana. Of course, as you point
out it was named after a place that the USA fought a Naval battle.
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On 12/13/07 12:48 AM, "Paul Braun" <cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Winsor Crosby wrote:
>> How in the world did a town in Indiana get a name like Valparaiso?
>>
> From Wikipedia (and I know this to be factual): Established in 1836 as
> the county seat of Portersville, it was renamed to Valparaiso in 1837
> after Valparaíso, Chile, near which the county's namesake David Porter
> battled in the War of 1812.
>
>
> Most of us here just refer to it as "Valpo".
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