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Like many frontier towns, Lafayette was named for General Lafayette, a French officer who significantly aided George Washington's Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Lafayette toured the United States in 1824 and 1825. In its earliest days, Lafayette was a shipping center on the Wabash River.
Lafayette, city, seat (1826) of Tippecanoe county, west-central Indiana, U.S., on the Wabash River, 63 miles (101 km) northwest of Indianapolis. Laid out by William Digby on May 24, 1825, it was named for the American Revolutionary War hero the marquis de Lafayette, who was then making his last.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 29, 2018 · Though Star City, Indiana, exists in Pulaski County, the nickname has stuck to Lafayette through various businesses.
- Reporter
Sandford C. Cox, our first historian, neglected to mention who first loosed upon the vapors of the Wabash the ethereal name for Lafayette as “The Star of the West,” though it was in common use during the time of which he wrote and appeared frequently in the newspapers in praise of local exploits.
Feb 1, 2019 · Two rivers really contribute to the prosperity Greater Lafayette has enjoyed since the 1820s. The Wabash River is the one everyone sees, and so it is the one revered in story and song.
- Bob Kriebel
Jun 22, 2017 · In 1846 the French name moved to the other side of the continent when Lafayette, Oregon was founded by a settler who had relocated from Lafayette, Indiana. Lafayette, Indiana had adopted the name in 1825 —a year when the United States was in the grip of Lafayette-mania.
The address of Purdue University was given as Lafayette, Indiana, until well into the twentieth century. West Lafayette never gained a railroad depot and lagged several years behind Lafayette to establish municipal infrastructure and services.
