Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Valparaiso came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Valparaiso in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Valparaiso. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Valparaiso data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Valparaiso:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Valparaiso was listed as Valparaiso Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

Shell Oil Road Map for Indiana (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Valparaiso is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Valparaiso in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Valparaiso for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Valparaiso. See our Misc Page for Valparaiso for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Valparaiso:

Valparaiso was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Valparaiso: www.ci.valparaiso.in.us/

The official website for Porter County: www.porterco.org/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov