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West Lafayette: Purdue University
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West Lafayette, city, Tippecanoe county, west-central Indiana, U.S. It lies along the Wabash River (bridged) opposite Lafayette. A town was platted on the west bank of the Wabash in 1836, but it failed to attract settlers because it was located in an area prone to flooding. A second settlement was founded on higher ground in 1855 as Kingston; it was later reorganized and combined with the adjacent town of Chauncey in 1866 under the latter town’s name. It was renamed West Lafayette in 1888. Primarily residential, it is the seat of Purdue University (1869). Nearby are the Tippecanoe Battlefield National Historic Landmark and the site of Fort Ouiatenon (1717), the first white settlement in Indiana and a trading and military post controlled at different times by the French, British, and Native Americans. Inc. 1924. Pop. (2000) 28,778; (2010) 29,596.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.