Tippecanoe County
Tippecanoe County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana about 22 miles (35 km) east of the Illinois state line, less than 50 miles (80 km) from the Indianapolis metro area, and 130 miles (210 km) from Chicago. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,251. The county seat and largest city is Lafayette. It was created in 1826 from Wabash County portion of New Purchase and unorganized territory. Tippecanoe County was formed March 1, 1826, and named for the anglicization of "Kiteepihkwana", a Miami people term meaning "place of the buffalo fish people." The county is best known for Purdue University, the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, and the Tippecanoe County Courthouse, a structure built in 1881 and included in the National Register of Historic Places. Tippecanoe County is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Cities and towns 6
Townships 13
- Township of Fairfield pop. 53,222
- Township of Jackson pop. 493
- Township of Lauramie pop. 2,569
- Township of Perry pop. 9,153
- Township of Randolph pop. 978
- Township of Sheffield pop. 3,919
- Township of Shelby pop. 2,499
- Township of Tippecanoe pop. 9,643
- Township of Union pop. 1,780
- Township of Wabash pop. 64,381
- Township of Washington pop. 2,449
- Township of Wayne pop. 1,701
- Township of Wea pop. 34,289
Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 163457
- FIPS state
- 18
- FIPS county
- 157
- FIPS place
- 99157
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF TIPPECANOE
- Mailing address
- 20 N 3RD ST, LAFAYETTE 47901