Tulip is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Highland Township, Greene County, Indiana Highland Township is one of fifteen townships in Greene County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 718. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.33%) is land and (or 0.6 ...

, United States.

History

According to one source, the community was likely named for the

American tulip tree ''Liriodendron tulipifera''—known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddletree, and yellow-poplar—is the North American representative of the two-species genus ''Liriodendron'' (the other ...

. A post office was established at Tulip in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906.

Geography

The

Tulip Viaduct The Tulip Viaduct is a long railroad bridge (also known as the Greene County Viaduct or Tulip Trestle, and officially designated Bridge X76-6) in Greene County, Indiana, that spans Richland Creek between Solsberry and Tulip. According to Richa ...

spans Richland Creek between Solsberry and Tulip.

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* Unincorporated communities in Greene County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana Bloomington metropolitan area, Indiana {{GreeneCountyIN-geo-stub