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West Lafayette
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city in Indiana, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Tippecanoe
- Townships
- Wabash , Tippecanoe
- Mayor
- Erin Easter ( D )
- City
- 13.82 sq mi (35.80 km )
- Land
- 13.59 sq mi (35.20 km )
- Water
- 0.23 sq mi (0.60 km )
- Metro
- 904.6 sq mi (2,343 km )
- Elevation
- 705 ft (215 m)
- Density
- 3,281.3/sq mi (1,266.93/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 18-82862
- Website
- www.westlafayette.in.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
- Official name
- West Lafayette
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tippecanoe County
- Population
- 44595
- Area
- 19.749187
- Elevation
- 187
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.westlafayette.in.gov
- Image
- West Lafayette, Indiana Public Library and urban spread, Autumn.jpg
- Households
- 14498
- Dialing code
- 765
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from West Lafayette, Indiana
- twinned administrative body
- Ōta-shi
- Commons category
- West Lafayette, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:West Lafayette, Indiana
- postal code
- 47996
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in West Lafayette, Indiana
- inception
- 1888-00-00
- native label
- West Lafayette
- P8168
- Veryu
- water as percent of area
- 0.1302
- per capita income
- 20694
- P12749
- 31st century
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Encyclopedic overview
West Lafayette (/ˌlɑːfiˈɛt, ˌlæf-/ LA(H)F-ee-ET) is a city in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. The population was 44,595 at the 2020 census. West Lafayette sits across the Wabash River from its sister city, Lafayette, and is a college town, home to Purdue University. It is the most densely populated city in Indiana, located 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Indianapolis and 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Chicago.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Lafayette” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.