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Lafayette toured the United States in 1824 and 1825. [8] In its earliest days, Lafayette was a shipping center on the Wabash River. In 1838, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, the first United States Patent Commissioner, published a booklet titled Valley of the Upper Wabash, Indiana, with Hints on Its Agricultural Advantages, to promote settlement of the ...
The Lafayette–West Lafayette–Frankfort Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is made up of six counties in Indiana. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area and two micropolitan areas . As of the 2020 Census, the CSA had a population of 256,906 (though a July 1, 2021 estimate placed the population at 257,774).
West Lafayette (/ ˌ l ɑː f i ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l æ f-/ LA(H)F-ee-ET) 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.
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Lafayette, Indiana Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Lafayette, Indiana . Subcategories
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Downtown Lafayette Historic District is a national historic district located at Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Lafayette began in 1825 as a transportation center for the west central area of Indiana. Its development and growth reflects the changes in transportation over the intervening years.
The Jerry E. Clegg Botanic Garden (also called the Clegg Memorial Garden [1]) is a botanical garden in Lafayette, Indiana in the United States. The garden is next to Wildcat Creek. It has prairie and oak savanna environs. Plants in the garden are native Indiana flora.
Upper Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Sixth Street was the City of Lafayette's eastern boundary when it was originally platted. By 1840, the boundary was extended to include Lake Erie and Wabash Railroad at Eleventh Street. This area became the cities commercial center.