Tippecanoe ( ) is an

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and

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(CDP) in Tippecanoe Township, Marshall County,

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, United States.

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 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 Cro ...

on its southern edge. The name "Tippecanoe" was derived from a Miami-Illinois word for buffalo fish, reconstructed as */kiteepihkwana/ or as kiteepihkwana siipiiwi. After the railroad was built 1 mile south, the town was relocated. The original Tippecanoe Town was renamed Old Tip Town. Benack's Village was located east-northeast of Tippecanoe, across the Tippecanoe River in what is now

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Geography

Tippecanoe is located in southeastern Marshall County at . It is named for the

, which runs on the north side of town.

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passes through the town, leading north to

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and southwest (via State Road 25) to Rochester. According to the

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, the Tippecanoe CDP has an area of , all land. The Tippecanoe River flows southwest to the

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north of Lafayette.

Education

Triton School Corporation

Argos Community Schools

Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation

Notable residents

Donald V. Fites Donald Vester Fites (born 1934) was the chairman and CEO of Caterpillar, Inc. from 1990 to 1999. Early life Don Fites was born in 1934 in Tippecanoe, Indiana. He attended Valparaiso University, where he joined Phi Kappa Psi. He graduated with a ...

, former president & CEO of

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* Robert "Bob" Newton, Founder of

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Gallery

File:Tippecanoe, Indiana Cemetery Sign.jpg, Cemetery Sign File:Tippecanoe, Indiana Cemetery.jpg, Original Tippecanoe Cemetery File:Hensley Fabricating "Psalm 23" Mural.jpg, Mural commissioned by Paul Hensley in 2013

References

Census-designated places in Marshall County, Indiana Census-designated places in Indiana Unincorporated communities in Marshall County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{MarshallCountyIN-geo-stub