Lafayette ( , ) is a city in and the county seat of

Tippecanoe County, Indiana 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 2010 census, the population ...

, United States, located northwest of

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and southeast of Chicago.

West Lafayette West Lafayette () is a city in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, about northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River from its sister city ...

, on the other side of the

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, is home to

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, which contributes significantly to both communities. Together, Lafayette and West Lafayette form the core of the Lafayette metropolitan area, which had a population of 224,709 in th
2021 US Census Bureau estimates
According to the

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, the population of Lafayette was 70,783, a 25% increase from 56,397 in 2000. Meanwhile, the 2020 Census listed the neighboring city of West Lafayette at 44,595 and the Tippecanoe County population at 186,291. Lafayette was founded in 1825 on the southeast bank of the Wabash River near where the river becomes impassable for riverboats upstream, though a French fort and trading post had existed since 1717 on the opposite bank and three miles downstream. It was named for the French general

Marquis de Lafayette Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (, ), was a French aristocrat, freemason and military officer who fought in the American Revolutio ...

, a Revolutionary War hero.

History

When European explorers arrived at this area, it was inhabited by a tribe of

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Indians known as the Ouiatenon or

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s. In 1717, the French government established

Fort Ouiatenon Fort Ouiatenon, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana, United States. It was a palisade stockade with log blockhouse used as a French trading post on the Wabash River located approximately three miles ...

across the

and three miles (5 km) south of present-day Lafayette. The fort became the center of trade for fur trappers, merchants and Indians. An annual reenactment and festival known as Feast of the Hunters' Moon is held there each autumn. The town of Lafayette was

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ted in May 1825 by William Digby, a trader. It was designated as the county seat of the newly formed

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the following year. Like many frontier towns, Lafayette was named for

General Lafayette Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (, ), was a French aristocrat, freemason and military officer who fought in the American Revolutio ...

, a French officer who significantly aided

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during the

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. Lafayette toured the United States in 1824 and 1825. In its earliest days, Lafayette was a shipping center on the Wabash River. In 1838,

Henry Leavitt Ellsworth Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (November 10, 1791 – December 27, 1858) was a Yale-educated attorney who became the first Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office, where he encouraged innovation by inventors Samuel F.B. Morse and Samuel Colt. Ellswo ...

, 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 region. By 1845, Ellsworth had purchased of farmland around Lafayette and moved there from Connecticut to supervise land sales. By 1847 Ellsworth was distributing broadsides looking for farmers to purchase his farmland. He became president of the Tippecanoe County Agricultural Society in April 1851 – despite some local resentment over what was called "the Yale Crowd" – but he was defeated the same year when he ran for the

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. Ellsworth Street and Ellsworth Historic District are named for him. The

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in the 1840s stimulated trade and affirmed Lafayette's regional prominence.

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arrived in the town in the 1850s, connecting it with other major markets. The

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connected Lafayette with other sections of Indiana. Lafayette was the site of the first official airmail delivery in the United States on 17 August 1859, when John Wise piloted a balloon starting on the Lafayette courthouse grounds. Wise hoped to reach

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; however, weather conditions forced the balloon down near

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, and the mail reached its final destination by train. In 1959, the US Postal Service issued a 7¢

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commemorating the centennial of the event.

Geography

Lafayette is located at (40.410585, −86.874681) and is located in Fairfield and Wea Townships. Elevation at the court house is , but city elevations range from a little over at the Wabash River to approximately in the areas of Murdock Park and Columbian Park. According to the 2010 census, Lafayette has a total area of , all land.

Neighborhoods

* Columbian Par

* Hanna * Hedgewood * Lincoln * Monon * Saint Lawrence/McAllister * Vinton * Wallace Triangle * Wildcat Valley Historic Neighborhoods * Centennial Neighborhood District * Downtown Lafayette Historic District * Ellsworth Historic District * Highland Park Neighborhood Historic District * Jefferson Historic District * Ninth Street Hill Neighborhood Historic District * Perrin Historic District * St. Mary Historic District * Upper Main Street Historic District

Climate

In recent years, temperatures in Lafayette have ranged from an average low of in January to a high of in July, although a record low of was recorded in January 1985 and again in January 1994; and a record high of was recorded in June 1988. Average monthly precipitation ranged from in February to in June.

Demographics

Lafayette is the larger principal city of the Lafayette-Frankfort CSA, a

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that includes the Lafayette metropolitan area ( Benton, Carroll, and Tippecanoe counties) and the Frankfort micropolitan area ( Clinton County), which had a combined population of 212,408 at the

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2010 census

As of the

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, there were 67,140 people, 28,545 households, and 15,863 families in the city. The

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was . There were 31,260 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 74.2%

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, 11.2%

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, 0.4% Native American, 1% Asian, 0.0% from

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, and 2.7% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 16.3% of the population. There were 28,545 households, of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.7% were

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living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.4% were non-families. 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 3.00. The median age in the city was 31.9 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 12.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.9% were from 25 to 44; 22.2% were from 45 to 64, and 11.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.

2000 census

As of the

, there were 56,397 people, 24,060 households, and 13,666 families in the city. The population density was . There were 25,602 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 88.91%

; 3.22%

; 0.37% Native American; 1.22% Asian; 0.04%

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; 4.61% from

, and 1.62% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 9.11% of the population. There were 24,060 households, out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them; 42.5% were

living together; 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present; and 43.2% were non-families. 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 individuals and the average family size was 2.98. The city population contained 23.2% under the age of 18; 14.2% from 18 to 24; 31.3% from 25 to 44; 19.3% from 45 to 64; and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males. The median income for a household in the city was $35,859, and the median income for a family was $45,480. Males had a median income of $32,892 versus $23,049 for females. The

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for the city was $19,217. About 8.0% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the

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, including 15.8% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The government consists of a mayor – elected in a citywide vote – and a city council of nine members. Six are elected from individual districts; three are elected at-large.

Education

Colleges

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(in West Lafayette) * A campus of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Public

K-12 public education in Lafayette is provided by the Lafayette School Corporation. The Tippecanoe School Corporation also administers county schools nearby. New Community School was a tuition-free elementary

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(sponsored by

Ball State University Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball Co ...

) located on the north side of Lafayette that permanently closed at the end of 2016. Beacon Academy was a charter school that was located in West Lafayette and closed in 2018.

Private

Faith Christian School

Lafayette Christian School

Lafayette Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School

Montessori School of Greater Lafayette

St. Boniface Middle School

St. Lawrence Catholic School

St. Mary Cathedral Elementary School

St. James Lutheran School

Public library

The Lafayette area has three branch locations of the Tippecanoe County Public Library: * Downtown Library * Wyandotte Branch *

Klondike Branch

News and media

Newspapers * ''

Journal & Courier The Lafayette ''Journal & Courier'' is a daily newspaper owned by Gannett, serving Lafayette, Indiana, and the surrounding communities. It was established in 1920 through the merger of two local papers, the ''Journal and Free Press'' (establishe ...

''. The newspaper, which serves the Greater Lafayette area, has its newsroom and offices located in downtown Lafayette. Journal & Courier also has its own printing services for itself and other papers in the region on the eastside of Lafayette. * ''

Purdue Exponent The ''Purdue Exponent'' is an independent student newspaper that serves Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. It is published on Mondays and Thursdays during university semesters by the Purdue Student Publishing Foundation, and is Indiana ...

''. Purdue University's independent student newspaper serves Purdue, West Lafayette, and Lafayette, and has its newsroom and offices located off campus on Northwestern Avenue in West Lafayette. * ''The Lafayette Leader'' Television *

WPBI-LD WPBI-LD (channel 16) is a low-power television station in Lafayette, Indiana, United States, affiliated with Fox and NBC. It is owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC alongside ABC affiliate WPBY-LD (channel 35). Both stations ...

16 (

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;

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on LD2;

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) *

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18 (

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; CW on DT2;

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on DT3;

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on DT4) *

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35 (

;

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on LD2) * From 1953 until the 2016 launch of

had been the only "Big Three" (

and

—or, including

, "big four") commercial network television broadcaster in the Lafayette market. With the 2017 launch of

, local broadcasts of all "big four" networks became available.

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WTHR WTHR (channel 13) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside low-power, Class A MeTV affiliate WALV-CD (channel 46). Both stations share studios on North Meridian ...

WTTV WTTV (channel 4), licensed to Bloomington, Indiana, United States, and WTTK (channel 29), licensed to Kokomo, Indiana, are television stations affiliated with CBS and serving the Indianapolis area. They are owned by Nexstar Media Group alongsid ...

, and

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, the respective ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox affiliates in

which had been carried by cable and satellite providers in the Lafayette market as "out-of-market" stations, remain viewable in the area via a large over-the-air antenna or, in some cases, via a subscription satellite or

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. Cable provider Comcast Xfinity discontinued its remaining carriage of Indianapolis-based "big four" stations on March 7, 2018, but resumed carriage of WTHR and WRTV two days later. Commercial Radio Stations * WASK *

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WAZY-FM WAZY-FM (96.5 MHz "Z96-5") is a radio station in Lafayette, Indiana, owned by Star City Broadcasting (a joint venture between Waypoint Media and Vision Communications) as part of a cluster with Fox/NBC affiliate WPBI-LD, ABC affiliate WPBY-LD, a ...

* WKHY-FM * WKOA-FM *

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* WBPE * WSHY-AM * WXXB-FM *

WYCM WYCM (95.7 FM "Y95") is a radio station in Lafayette, Indiana, owned by Star City Broadcasting (a joint venture between Waypoint Media and Vision Communications) as part of a cluster with Fox/NBC affiliate WPBI-LD, ABC affiliate WPBY-LD, a ...

Non-commercial Radio Stations * WBAA-AM/FM * WHPL-FM * WJEF-FM * WQSG-FM * WTGO-LP FM * WWCC-LP FM

Transportation

Airports

No airports are located within Lafayette city limits. The nearest

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airport is

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(LAF) in West Lafayette. The nearest

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which currently has scheduled airline service is

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(IND), located approximately southeast of Lafayette in Indianapolis.

Highways

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(near Chicago) and

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(also near Chicago) and Indianapolis * US 231

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and

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State Road 25 * Indiana 26

State Road 26 * Indiana 38

State Road 38

Railroads

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, the national passenger rail system, provides passenger rail service to Lafayette through the ''

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'' to Chicago,

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, and

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;

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; Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad; and

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(

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) provide freight rail service. Many lines that originally passed through the downtown were redirected in the mid-1990s to a rail corridor near the Wabash River.

Bus service

* CityBus local bus service by the

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intercity bus service * Lafayette Limo shuttle service to the

and

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* Reindeer Shuttle to the

and

* Express Air Coach shuttle service to the

Economy

Much of the area's economy centers around the academic and industrial activities of

, although private industry and commerce independent of the university also exist in the community, with multiple large manufacturing operations in the city employing thousands of workers. Some examples: *

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, a producer of aluminum extrusions and tubes *

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Large Engine Division, producer of large diesel and natural gas engines *

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, world's largest manufacturer of semi-truck trailers * Subaru of Indiana Automotive, the only non-

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producer of

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vehicles. *

Evonik Evonik Industries AG is a stock-listed German specialty chemicals company headquartered in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the second largest chemicals company in Germany, and one of the largest specialty chemicals companies in the ...

(Tippecanoe Laboratories) pharmaceuticals/chemicals *

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, manufacturer of Splenda(R) and other sweeteners; has two plants in Lafayette * ZF Commercial Steering Systems *

Landis+Gyr Landis+Gyr is a publicly listed, multinational corporation operating in over 30 countries and headquartered in Cham, Switzerland. Landis+Gyr makes meters and related software for electricity and gas utilities. History Landis+Gyr was founded in 18 ...

, manufacturer of electric meters for global ANSI markets *

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, soybean oil mill

Arts and culture

Arts organizations

* Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art * Tippecanoe Arts Federation * Art Museum of Greater Lafayette * The Long Center for the Performing Arts * Lafayette Symphony Orchestra * Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette

Fairs and festivals

* Feast of the Hunters' Moon * Hands on Transportation
Mini Maker Faire of Greater Lafayette
* Art in the Park * OUTfest * Mosey Down Main Street * Beers Across the Wabash * Round the Fountain Art Fair * A Taste of Tippecanoe

Notable people from Lafayette

''For notable residents associated with

, see

List of Purdue University people Here follows a list of notable alumni of Purdue University. Notable alumni Academia College chancellors, presidents and vice-presidents * Robert Altenkirch – former President of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and University of Alab ...

.''

Entertainment

Karen Black Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portrayi ...

– actress, attended Lafayette Jefferson High School *

Jeremy Camp Jeremy Thomas Camp (born January 12, 1978) is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter from Lafayette, Indiana. He has released eleven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold, and two live albums. Camp's original music ...

– Christian recording artist * Eric Carlson - lead guitarist, songwriter, founding member of

The Mentors The Mentors are an American heavy metal band, known for their deliberate shock rock lyrics. Originally formed in Seattle, Washington in May 1976, they relocated to Los Angeles, California in 1979. The band garnered attention both from noted h ...

* Embeth Davidtz – film and television actress *

Louise Fazenda Louise Fazenda (June 17, 1895 – April 17, 1962) was an American film actress, appearing chiefly in silent comedy films. Early life Fazenda was born in her maternal grandparents' house in Lafayette, Indiana, the daughter of merchandise broke ...

– film actor whose career spanned silent and talking movies * Circuit Des Yeux - musician * Charles Foley – co-inventor of the game

Twister Twister may refer to: Weather * Tornado Aviation * Pipistrel Twister, a Slovenian ultralight trike * Silence Twister, a German homebuilt aircraft design * Wings of Change Twister, an Austrian paraglider design Entertainment * ''Twister'' (1 ...

Mass Giorgini Massimiliano Adelmo Giorgini (born 1968) is an American bassist and record producer who rose to fame when several of the bands he produced experienced huge gains in popularity during the pop-punk boom of the mid-'90s. Among these bands was Giorg ...

– musician and record producer * Troy Hickman – writer best known for his comic book work ('' Common Grounds'', ''Twilight Guardian'', ''

City of Heroes ''City of Heroes'' (''CoH'') was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game which was developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSOFT. The game was launched in North America on April 28, 2004, and in Europe by NCsoft Europe on Febru ...

'', ''

Witchblade ''Witchblade'' is a comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, which ran from November 1995 to October 2015. The series was created by Top Cow founder and owner Marc Silvestri, editor David Wohl, writers ...

'', ''Turok'') *

Shannon Hoon Richard Shannon Hoon (September 26, 1967 – October 21, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death in 1995. Early life Richard Shannon Hoon was born on Sept ...

– former lead vocalist of

rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

band

Blind Melon Blind Melon is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Los Angeles by five musicians: three from Mississippi, one from Pennsylvania and one from Indiana. The band currently consists of guitarists Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn, drummer ...

* John Korty – director, screenwriter, known for ''

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. She tells of the major events of her life ...

'' and documentary ''Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?'' * Claudia Lee – television actress, ''

Hart of Dixie ''Hart of Dixie'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on The CW from September 26, 2011, to March 27, 2015. The series, created by Leila Gerstein, stars Rachel Bilson as Dr. Zoe Hart, a New Yorker who, after her dreams of ...

'' * Curt McDowell - director, writer, actor, artist * Larry McNeely – musician, banjo player with Glen Campbell and for film soundtracks * Tammy Lynn Michaels – television actor * Ken Navarro – smooth jazz guitarist * Chubby Parker – country music radio personality and recording artist *

Sydney Pollack Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack directed more than 20 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 movies or shows and produced over 44 films. For his film ''Out ...

– film actor, director, and producer *

Victor Potel Victor Potel (October 12, 1889 – March 8, 1947) was an American film character actor who began in the silent era and appeared in more than 430 films in his 38-year career. Career Victor Potel was born in Lafayette, Indiana in 1889, and his ...

– silent film actor *

Axl Rose W. Axl Rose (born William Bruce Rose Jr.; born February 6, 1962) is an American musician. He is best known for being the lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, and has been the band's sole constant member since its incep ...

– co-founder and lead vocalist of rock band

Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash (musician), Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, ...

* Julia Scheeres – author, best known for ALA Alex Award-winning memoir ''Jesus Land'' *

Izzy Stradlin Jeffrey Dean Isbell (born April 8, 1962), best known as Izzy Stradlin, is an American guitarist. He was a co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which he left at the height of their fame in 1991, and with whom he r ...

– songwriter, co-founder and former

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of rock band Guns N' Roses * Henry Stram - actor

Sports

* William Fritz Afflis known professionally as "Dick the Bruiser" – professional football player and wrestler; graduated from Lafayette Jefferson HS *

Eric Bruntlett Eric Kevin Bruntlett (born March 29, 1978), was an American former professional baseball utility player, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies. Bruntlett is perhaps best remembered for executing ...

– professional baseball player * Clem Crowe – professional football and basketball player * Todd Dunwoody – professional baseball player *

Ray Ewry Raymond "Ray" Clarence Ewry (October 14, 1873 – September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete who won eight gold medals at the Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Intercalated Games (1906 in Athens). This puts him among th ...

– 10-time Olympic champion in track and field * Bernard "Bernie" Flowers – college and professional football player; born in Cleveland area, lived in Lafayette *

Bob Friend Robert Bartmess Friend (November 24, 1930 – February 3, 2019) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher between and , most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A four ...

– professional baseball player * Dustin Keller – professional football player; graduated from Lafayette Jefferson HS *

Pete Halsmer John Peter Halsmer (born March 3, 1944, in Lafayette, Indiana), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in 5 seasons (1980, 1982–1985), with 33 career starts, and started in the Indianapolis 500 in 1981–1982. He finishe ...

– professional race car driver *

Charles Kirkpatrick Charles Kirkpatrick (29 December 1894 Lafayette, Indiana – 4 May 1975 Lafayette, Indiana) was an American racecar driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of ...

– professional race car driver *

Josh Lindblom Joshua William Lindblom (born June 15, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates ...

– professional baseball player * Chukie Nwokorie – professional football player; graduated from Lafayette Jefferson HS *

Clayton Richard Clayton Colby Richard (born September 12, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, and Toronto Blue Jays. High school Richar ...

– professional baseball player; graduated from McCutcheon HS * Erik Sabel – professional baseball player * Justin Smith – football player * George Souders – professional race car driver (1927)

Business, law, politics

Roger D. Branigin Roger Douglas Branigin (July 26, 1902 – November 19, 1975) was an American politician who was the List of governors of Indiana, 42nd governor of Indiana, serving from January 11, 1965, to January 13, 1969. A World War II veteran and well-kno ...

–

Governor of Indiana The governor of Indiana is the head of government of the State of Indiana. The governor is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the functions of many agencies of the Indiana state government ...

1965–1969 *

John Burger John Burger (April 10, 1916 – January 11, 2005) was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Burger served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and became a lieutenant colonel. He graduate ...

– member of the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Pa ...

* Steve Carter –

Indiana Attorney General The Indiana Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Indiana in the United States. Attorneys General are chosen by a statewide general election to serve for a four-year term. The forty-fourth and Attorney General is Todd Roki ...

– first Commissioner of the

United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Al ...

; real estate developer * Henry W. Ellsworth – son of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, attorney, poet, author and Minister to Sweden * David W. Evans –

US Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

, 6th Congressional District Indiana 1975–1983 * Dan Flanagan – Justice of the

Indiana Supreme Court The Indiana Supreme Court, established by Article 7 of the Indiana Constitution, is the highest judicial authority in the state of Indiana. Located in Indianapolis, the Court's chambers are in the north wing of the Indiana Statehouse. In Decem ...

Clara Shortridge Foltz Clara Shortridge Foltz (July 16, 1849 – September 2, 1934) was an American lawyer, the first female lawyer on the West Coast, and the pioneer of the idea of the public defender. The Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles was renamed ...

(1849–1934) – first female lawyer on the West Coast * Joseph García – Former Lt. Governor of

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...

Herman Joseph Justin Herman Joseph Justin (April 7, 1859 to July 14, 1918) was born in Lafayette, Indiana. Justin's father's profession, cigar making, didn't suit H. J., so he moved to Texas in 1877 at the age of 18. First settling in Gainesville, Texas at a time when ...

– founded Justin Boot Company *

Brian Lamb Brian Patrick Lamb (; born October 9, 1941) is an American journalist. He is the founder, executive chairman, and the now-retired CEO of C-SPAN, an American cable network that provides coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Sena ...

– founder of C-SPAN * Bill Long – state representative * Frank Posegate – journalist, mayor of

St. Joseph, Missouri St. Joseph is a city in and the county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri. Small parts of St. Joseph extend into Andrew County. Located on the Missouri River, it is the principal city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which inclu ...

John Purdue John Purdue (; October 31, 1802 – September 12, 1876) was a wealthy American industrialist in Lafayette, Indiana, and the primary original benefactor of Purdue University. Early life Most details of Purdue's early life were either not record ...

– Purdue Block, Tippecanoe County founder, founding benefactor of

Barbara Ringer Barbara Ringer (May 29, 1925 – April 9, 2009) was one of the lead architects of the 1976 Copyright Act.

– first female register of copyrights * Alvah Curtis Roebuck – founded

Sears, Roebuck and Company Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began ...

Academic, science, technology

Eric J. Barron Eric James Barron (born October 26, 1951) is an American academic administrator who was the 18th president of the Pennsylvania State University from 2014 until 2022. Previously, he was the 14th president of Florida State University and director of ...

– 14th President of

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the sta ...

, 18th President of

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* Herbert C. Brown – Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry * Christopher L. Eisgruber – 20th President of

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nin ...

* Daniel X. Freedman – pioneer in biological psychiatry, discovered link of hallucinogens to brain transmitters * Andrew McCammon – physical and theoretical chemist * Donald E. Williams – astronaut *

Ian Murdock Ian Ashley Murdock (April28, 1973 – December 28, 2015) was an American software engineer, known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company. Life and career Although Murdock's parents wer ...

– software engineer, created

Debian Debian (), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. The first version of Deb ...

Other

* Emily Thornton Charles, poet, journalist *

Benjaman Kyle "Benjaman Kyle" was the alias chosen by an American man who had severe amnesia. On August 31, 2004, he was found, naked and injured, without any possessions or identification, next to a dumpster behind a Burger King restaurant in Richmond Hil ...

, known for identity loss due to dissociative amnesia * Evaleen Stein (1863-1923), author, limner

Points of interest

, located in West Lafayette * Jerry E. Clegg Botanic Garden; * Horticulture Gardens at

Prophet's Rock

10 minutes North of Lafayette lies Prophet Rock, where the Prophet

Tenskwatawa Tenskwatawa (also called Tenskatawa, Tenskwatawah, Tensquatawa or Lalawethika) (January 1775 – November 1836) was a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe, known as the Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet. He was a ...

, the half brother of

Tecumseh Tecumseh ( ; October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and ...

, stood watch encouraging the local

Shawnee The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky an ...

Native Americans to fight against the encamped army forces of

William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...

in the

Battle Of Tippecanoe The Battle of Tippecanoe ( ) was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American forces associated with Shawnee leader Tecums ...

in 1811. Tenskwatawa was a spiritual leader, but not a military man. His brother was out of town as the U.S. Army forces marched North, with hopes to destroy Prophetstown. Tenskwatawa had sought to have a meeting with Harrison to discuss how to avoid going to war. In the evening before the war, he sought a spiritual vision that led him to believe that Harrison must be assassinated. Early in the morning of November 6, the warriors attacked Harrison's militia and war ensued. The warriors fell weak in supplies against the militia, and succumbed. Prophetstown was taken over where the militia stole supplies and burnt it down. The rock where Tenskwatawa stood still stands over the battlefield, though now covered with much taller trees. The rock can be accessed by scaling its front or by hiking the ridge that leads to the top.

Headstone of Martin P. Jenners

The Martin Jenners

headstone A headstone, tombstone, or gravestone is a stele or marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. It is traditional for burials in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions, among others. In most cases, it has the deceased's name, d ...

is at the Spring Vale Cemetery in Lafayette. Jenners was a

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policie ...

veteran who was known as the first white person born in

and as an outspoken

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

. Originally located in Greenbush Cemetery, his headstone is unique because he had it placed in the

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

fourteen years before his death, with this inscription: "My only objection to religion is that it is not true. No preaching, no praying, no

psalm The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, תְּהִלִּים, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived ...

singing on this lot." Jenners' headstone cites two verses that contradict each other, hence making the Bible untrue:

I Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-autho ...

15:52, which talks about believers being raised from the dead "in a twinkling of an eye", and

Isaiah Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "the ...

26:14, which states "They are now dead, they live no more; their spirits do not rise." The headstone received national attention at the time, despite attempts to have it removed, and it continued to draw visitors from around the country. Jenners' headstone inscription has been cited by believers as an example of Bible writings being taken out of context. Jenners Tombstone

Notable buildings

* Judge Cyrus Ball House, listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

* James H. Ward House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places * Temple Israel, 17 South 7th St. - one of the nation's oldest surviving synagogue buildings. * Trinity United Methodist Church (Trinity

Methodist Episcopal Church The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself on a national basis. In ...

until 1969) – the first church congregation in the Lafayette area. Its current building was erected in 1869 by William Heath and has remained intact to this day. * Tippecanoe Mall - the city's main shopping center. *

Tippecanoe County Courthouse The Tippecanoe County Courthouse is located on the public square in the city of Lafayette in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The public square is located between the north-south 3rd and 4th Streets and between the east-west Main and Columbia Streets. ...

- built 1882-1884 at a cost of around $500,000 (double the original estimate).

Gallery

File:Lafayette skyline from West Lafayette.png, Lafayette skyline from West Lafayette File:Tippecanoe courthouse 7-2004.jpg, The Court House - Downtown File:Lafayette old street.jpg, South Street historic row File:Lafayette.CityBus.turbines.jpg, wind turbines at CityBus File:Lafayette.MainSt.jpg, Main Street at night Jardín Botánico Jerry E. Clegg, Lafayette, Indiana, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-15, DD 08.jpg, Clegg Garden Vista de Lafayette desde el puente de Main St, Indiana, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-15, DD 01.jpg, View of Lafayette from Main St bridge

Sister cities

Lafayette has two

sister cities A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of inter ...

as designated by

Sister Cities International Sister Cities International (SCI) is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network that creates and strengthens partnerships between communities in the United States and those in other countries, particularly through the establishment of "sister cities"� ...

. *

Longkou Longkou (), formerly Huang County (), is a port city in northeastern Shandong province, China, facing the Bohai Sea to the north and the Laizhou Bay to the west. Longkou, a county-level city, is administered by the prefecture-level city of Yantai ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

, China * Ōta,

Gunma is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 km2 (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima ...

, Japan (October 1993)

References

External links

*
City of Lafayette, Indiana website

Lafayette Online
{{Authority control Cities in Indiana Populated places established in 1825 Cities in Tippecanoe County, Indiana County seats in Indiana Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana 1825 establishments in Indiana Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette