Tippecanoe Township is one of twelve

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

in Pulaski County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,104 and it contained 580 housing units. Tippecanoe Township was organized in 1839, and named after the

Tippecanoe River The Tippecanoe River ( ) is a gentle, U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 river in the Central Corn Belt Plains ecoregion in northern Indiana. It flows from Croo ...

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.64%) is land and (or 0.38%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Monterey Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under both ...

Unincorporated towns

* Lawton at * Vanmeter Park at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

* North Bend Township, Starke County (north) * Union Township, Marshall County (northeast) * Aubbeenaubbee Township, Fulton County (east) * Harrison Township (south) * Monroe Township (southwest) * Franklin Township (west) * California Township, Starke County (northwest)

Lakes

* Langenbaum Lake

Landmarks

* Beason Park *

Tippecanoe River State Park Tippecanoe River is a state park in Pulaski County, Indiana, United States. It is located south-southwest of South Bend, Indiana. It was formed in 1943 when the National Park Service gifted the land to Indiana's Department of Conservation land ...

(partial)

Education

* Culver Community Schools Corporation Tippecanoe Township residents are served by the Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library.

Political districts

Indiana's 2nd congressional district Indiana's 2nd congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in Northern Indiana. It includes South Bend and Elkhart. On November 8, 2022, Republican candidate Rudy Yakym won both the special election, to complete the re ...

* State House District 20 * State Senate District 18

References

United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

IndianaMap

External links

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