Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Founding: 1826
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Battle of Tippecanoe
Seat: Lafayette (1826–)

Land area: 500 square miles

Population (2020): 186,251

Population (historic): 7,187 (1830); 19,377 (1850); 33,515 (1870); 38,659 (1900); 47,535 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; five towns; six CDPs; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,368 (12.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,785
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,638

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,401
Average farm size (1920): 109.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Germany, Ireland, Pennsylvania, and New York

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Lafayette

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general

Founding: 1825 (platting); 1826 (post office); 1837 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 70,783

Population (historic): 6,129 (1850); 13,506 (1870); 18,116 (1900); 26,240 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1970; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,225 (18.3%)

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