With a map dotted with towns named Africa, Brazil, and Cuba, you may feel like you’re traveling the globe without ever leaving the Hoosier State. Several global-inspired towns are within a two-hour drive of Evansville.
Ireland (Dubois County)
Distance from Evansville: 65 miles
Established: 1816
The unincorporated community was supposed to be named America City, but instead honors founder John Stewart, a native of Ireland, and Irish settlers in the region.
Holland (Dubois County)
Distance from Evansville: 47 miles
Established: 1859
Another Dubois County town with a worldly name, Holland (population: 619) was founded by German settler Henry Kunz and named after the region in the Netherlands.
Siberia (Perry County)
Distance from Evansville: 65 miles
Established: 1869
Intended to be named after the birthplace of Saint Martin of Tours, Sabaria became Siberia after a post office error, and it stuck.
Brazil (Clay County)
Distance from Evansville: 124 miles
Established: 1866
The metropolis on this list with 8,181 residents, Brazil got its name in 1838 when Massachusetts settler William Stewart suggested an easy-to-remember moniker. In 1956, the Brazilian government gifted the town an ornate replica of the Chafariz dos Contos fountain, built in 1745 in Ouro Preto. The monument was installed in Forest Park.
