Colburn, Indiana

Colburn
Unincorporated community
Looking east toward Colburn along County Road 700 North
Tippecanoe County's location in Indiana
Colburn Location in Tippecanoe County
Coordinates: 40°31′07″N 86°42′51″W / 40.51861°N 86.71417°W / 40.51861; -86.71417Coordinates: 40°31′07″N 86°42′51″W / 40.51861°N 86.71417°W / 40.51861; -86.71417
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Tippecanoe
Township	Washington
Founded	1858
Founder	Jacob H. Chapman
Elevation	662 ft (202 m)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Zip Code	47905
Area code(s)	765

Colburn (originally Chapmanville) is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Colburn is located at 40°31'07" North, 86°42'51" West (40.518611, -86.714167) in Washington Township, at an elevation of 662 feet. Nearby communities include Lafayette (12 miles southwest), Delphi (6 miles north), Buck Creek (4 miles south) and Americus (3.5 miles west).

Colburn 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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