Monitor, Indiana

Monitor is a small unincorporated community in Perry Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, now virtually extinct.

The town's original name was Cynthyana.^[1]

The former Monitor schoolhouse was used as a drug addiction treatment facility until 2007. In 2010 it was set on fire in an arson incident.^[2]

Geography

Monitor is located at 40°25'11" North, 86°45'24" West (40.419722, -86.756667) and has an elevation of approximately 589 feet.

Monitor in 1878

References

↑ Schumpert, Larry (1969-03-04). "Old Tippecanoe Towns Brought To Mind By Yorktown Demise". Lafayette Journal and Courier.
↑ "Man arrested in fire case". WLFI. 2010-06-26.

"Lodi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

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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