Crespo, Departamento Paraná, Entre Ríos Province

The colony of San José was founded on 14 April 1888 in the Paraná Departamento (District) in Entre Ríos. Today, it is known as Crespo and was named after Ignacio Crespo Rodríguez. It was located about 1 kilometer from the railroad station at Crespo.

The population (approximately 20,000) is almost entirely descendants of Volga Germans who began arriving in Argentina in 1875.

The Protestant cemetery is called Aldea Jacobi Cemetery and is located a few kilometers south of the town of Crespo. [See Jacobi.]