Valparaiso, Indiana

Glenrose South (1500 Roosevelt Road) – Provides several ball diamonds and when school is out, Thomas Jefferson Middle Schools track is available for those interested in walking.

Chiqua's town existed from or before 1830 until after 1832.

Government in October 1832.

Located on the ancient Native American trail from Rock Island to Detroit, the town had its first log cabin in 1834.

In 1858, the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad reached Valparaiso, connecting the city directly to Chicago.

== Education == === Higher education === Valparaiso University was founded in 1859, and occupies 310 acres (130 ha) on the south side of the city near downtown.

=== Historic buildings and districts === Porter County Courthouse replaced an earlier brick building in 1883.

The Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana was founded in 1907, serving the Northwest Indiana region.

By 1910, an interurban railway connected the city to Gary, Indiana.

There was also substantial activity by the Ku Klux Klan, which negotiated to purchase Valparaiso University in 1923.

A fire in 1934 damaged in the interior requiring the removal of the tower.

From the 1890s until 1969, there were no African-American residents in Valparaiso.

Until 1991, Valparaiso was the terminal of Amtrak's Calumet commuter service.

Redenbacher participated in most of the festival's parades until his death in 1995.

Valparaiso formerly had a fourth local station, WNWI 1080 AM, which relocated to Oak Lawn, Illinois in 1998 and is now a Chicago-market station.

=== 2000 census === As of the census of 2000, there were 27,428 people, 10,867 households, and 6,368 families residing in the city.

In 2005 there were 13 parks with another in the planning stages.

From 2006 until 2016, Purdue University North Central had a two-building satellite campus in Valparaiso.

A city bus service, the V-Line, was founded in 2007.

On October 6, 2008, Valparaiso inaugurated an express bus service to and from Chicago, Illinois, called ChicaGo DASH.

=== Climate === == Demographics == === 2010 census === As of the census of 2010, there were 31,730 people, 12,610 households, and 7,117 families residing in the city.

Central Park Plaza (Lincolnway and Lafayette St) – is the centerpiece of the Downtown Valparaiso revitalization and opened the summer of 2011.

Currently, (March 2012) most of the identified bike routes are part of the county's system of recommended roads and streets.

Over the weekend between May 17 and May 19 of 2024, community members decorated the curb with rocks, signs, traffic cones, and other miscellaneous decor, including a flamingo an...