Romney, Indiana

Romney
Unincorporated community
Post office at the corner of Main and High streets.
Tippecanoe County's location in Indiana
Romney Location in Tippecanoe County
Coordinates: 40°14′58″N 086°54′15″W / 40.24944°N 86.90417°W / 40.24944; -86.90417Coordinates: 40°14′58″N 086°54′15″W / 40.24944°N 86.90417°W / 40.24944; -86.90417
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Tippecanoe
Township	Randolph
Elevation^[1]	738 ft (225 m)
ZIP code	47981
GNIS feature ID	0442271

Romney is an unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. Originally named Columbia, Romney received its present name from the community of Romney, West Virginia.

It has a well known equestrian facility, Foxton Farm, that was once used for fox hunting, but now houses the equestrian program at Purdue University and stables the polo ponies of the Purdue Polo Club.

The community is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Romney is located at 40°15'5" North, 86°54'13" West (40.251426, -86.903618) in Randolph Township, at an elevation of 738 feet.

References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

Romney in 1878.
Romney toy shop

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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