Monroe, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Monroe

Unincorporated community

Tippecanoe County's location in Indiana

Monroe

Location in Tippecanoe County

Coordinates: 40°17′11″N 086°44′07″W﻿ / ﻿40.28639°N 86.73528°W﻿ / 40.28639; -86.73528
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Tippecanoe
Township| Lauramie
Elevation

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| 787 ft (240 m)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code|

47905

Area code| 765
GNIS feature ID| 439339[1]

Monroe is a small unincorporated community in Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1] The community is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

## History

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A post office was established under the name Huntersville[2] in 1836; it was renamed Monroe in 1840, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1853.[3]

Monroe originally included three northwest/southeast streets (Darlington, Main, and Patterson) and three northeast/southwest streets (Fayette, Columbia, and Lauramie).[4]

## Geography

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Monroe stands in mostly open farmland at the intersection of US Route 52 and County Road 900 South, about 10 miles southeast of the city of Lafayette and less than two miles east of the town of Stockwell. Monroe Cemetery is on the west side of town, and Lauramie Creek flows westward just to the south.

## Gallery

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* Monroe in 1878

* Monroe's single store

* Monroe Cemetery

## References

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1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monroe, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
2. ^ "USGS detail on Monroe - Variant Citation". Retrieved July 25, 2016.
3. ^ "Tippecanoe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
4. ^ Kingman Brothers (1878). Combination Atlas Map of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Lafayette, Indiana: Tippecanoe County Historical Society / Lafayette Printing Company. Retrieved March 30, 2018.

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Municipalities and communities of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Lafayette

Cities|

* Lafayette
* West Lafayette

Map of Indiana highlighting Tippecanoe County

Towns|

* Battle Ground
* Clarks Hill
* Dayton
* Otterbein‡
* Shadeland

Townships|

* Fairfield
* Jackson
* Lauramie
* Perry
* Randolph
* Sheffield
* Shelby
* Tippecanoe
* Union
* Wabash
* Washington
* Wayne
* Wea

CDPs|

* Americus
* Buck Creek
* Colburn
* Montmorenci
* Romney
* Stockwell
* West Point

Other
communities|

* Cairo
* Concord
* Delp
* Green Meadows
* Glenhall
* Klondike
* Monitor
* Monroe
* Octagon
* Odell
* Old Halfway
* Pettit
* South Raub

Ghost towns|

* Beeville
* Corwin
* Granville
* Harrisonville
* Heath
* LaGrange
* Wyandot

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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