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Monroe, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

40°17′11″N 086°44′07″W / 40.28639°N 86.73528°W / 40.28639; -86.73528CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyTippecanoeTownship LauramieElevation

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

47905

Area code765GNIS feature ID439339^[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

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

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

Monroe in 1878
Monroe's single store
Monroe Cemetery

References

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