Jalapa is an

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and

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(CDP) in Pleasant Township,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 171. The site of the

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, fought during the

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, is nearby.

History

The first post office in Jalapa, called "Dallas", operated from 1848 until 1849. The post office was renamed "Jalapa" in 1849, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900. The community was named after

Jalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which ...

, in Mexico.

Geography

Jalapa is located in northwestern Grant County at , on high ground just southwest of the

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, a northwest-flowing tributary of the

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. Jalapa is northwest of

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, the Grant County seat. According to the

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, the Jalapa CDP has an area of , all of it land.

Demographics

References

Census-designated places in Grant County, Indiana Census-designated places in Indiana {{GrantCountyIN-geo-stub