Tippecanoe, Indiana
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History
Tippecanoe was settled beginning in 1882. The original town was located 1 mile to the north and was platted as "Tippecanoe Town" in 1850, named for the Tippecanoe River on its southern edge. The name "Tippecanoe" was derived from a Miami-Illinois word for buffalo fish, reconstructed as */kiteepihkwana/[1] or as kiteepihkwana siipiiwi.[2] After the railroad was built 1 mile south, the town was relocated. The original Tippecanoe Town was renamed Old Tip Town.[3]
Benack's Village was located Script error: No such module "convert". east-northeast of Tippecanoe, across the Tippecanoe River in what is now Potawatomi Wildlife Park.
Geography
Tippecanoe is located in southeastern Marshall County at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. It is named for the Tippecanoe River, which runs on the north side of town. Indiana State Road 331 passes through the town, leading north Script error: No such module "convert". to Bourbon and southwest (via State Road 25) Script error: No such module "convert". to Rochester.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Tippecanoe CDP has an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., all land.[4] The Tippecanoe River flows southwest to the Wabash River north of Lafayette.
Education
Notable residents
- Donald V. Fites, former president & CEO of Caterpillar Inc.
- Robert "Bob" Newton, Founder of Hoosier Racing Tire
Gallery
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Cemetery Sign
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Original Tippecanoe Cemetery
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Mural commissioned by Paul Hensley in 2013
References
- ↑ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ↑ "myaamiaatawaakani | Myaamia Dictionary River names". Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
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