Americus, Indiana

Americus
census-designated place
Looking from the Wabash River southeast toward State Road 25 in Americus
Tippecanoe County's location in Indiana
Americus Location in Tippecanoe County
Coordinates: 40°31′33″N 86°45′29″W / 40.52583°N 86.75806°W / 40.52583; -86.75806Coordinates: 40°31′33″N 86°45′29″W / 40.52583°N 86.75806°W / 40.52583; -86.75806
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Tippecanoe
Township	Washington
Elevation^[1]	558 ft (170 m)
ZIP code	47905
GNIS feature ID	0430134^[2]

Americus is a small census-designated place in Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Americus is located at 40°31'34" North, 86°45'29" West (40.526111, -86.758056) at an elevation of 558 feet, on the southern bank of the Wabash River in Washington Township.

References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "Americus, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.

Americus in 1878.

Municipalities and communities of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Lafayette

Cities	Lafayette West Lafayette

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 Purdue University Stockwell West Point

Other unincorporated communities	Ash Grove Cairo Concord Monitor Monroe North Crane Odell Pettit Romney South Raub

Ghost towns	Beeville Corwin Glen Hall Granville Heath Octagon Old Halfway Wyandot

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

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