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West Lafayette ( / ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt, ˌlæf -/) is a city in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, [2] approximately 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River from its sister city, Lafayette. As of the 2020 census, its ...
Lafayette ( / ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt, ˌlæf -/ LAH-fee-ET, LAF-ee-ET) is a city in and is the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, [4] [5] located 63 miles (101 km) northwest of Indianapolis and 125 miles (201 km) southeast of Chicago. According to the 2020 census, the population of Lafayette was 70,783. [6]
U.S. Route 231 ( US 231) is the longest numbered highway in Indiana, covering over 284 miles (457 km). It is a main north–south highway in the western part of the state. The southern terminus of US 231 is at the Kentucky state line and the northern terminus is at US 41 just south of St. John. The highway is a mixture of expressway and two ...
Tippecanoe County, Indiana. / 40.39°N 86.89°W / 40.39; -86.89. Tippecanoe County is located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana about 22 miles east of the Illinois state line and less than 50 miles from the Chicago and the Indianapolis metro areas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,251. [1]
UTC-4 (EDT) ZIP codes. 47906. Area code. 765. GNIS feature ID. 453967. Wabash Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 59,279 and it contained 21,448 housing units making it the most populous township in Tippecanoe County.
U.S. Route 231 ( US 231) is a north–south U.S highway that is a parallel route of US 31. It runs for 912 miles (1,468 km) from St. John, Indiana, at US 41 to south of US 98 in downtown Panama City, Florida . One of its most notable landmarks is the William H. Natcher Bridge, a 0.853 miles (1.373 km) long cable-stayed bridge that connects ...
Fort Ouiatenon, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana, United States. [2] It was a palisade stockade with log blockhouse used as a French trading post on the Wabash River located approximately three miles southwest of modern-day West Lafayette. [3] The name ' Ouiatenon ' is a French rendering of the ...
December 15, 2015. Happy Hollow Heights Historic District is a national historic district located at West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 54 contributing buildings in a predominantly planned residential section of Lafayette, platted in 1953 and expanded in 1958. It developed between about 1953 and 1967 and ...