Lafayette,

Lafayette, capital of Tippecanoe county, Indiana, on the Wabash River, and on the Wabash and Erie Canal, 63 miles NW. of Indianapolis, at the intersection of five railways. It is a flourishing city, in the midst of a rich prairie country. Laid out in 1825, it contains numerous churches, the Purdue state university, and manufactories of farming-implements, machinery, cars and wagons, &c. Pop. (1880) 14,860; (1890) 16,243.