Its Register listings are the Tippecanoe Twp. District No. 3 Schoolhouse and Cemetery, the Gaskill-Erwin Farm and the Erwin House. Its Register listings are the Tippecanoe Twp. District No. 3 Schoolhouse and Cemetery, the Gaskill-Erwin Farm and the Erwin House. Below: maps from 1959 on.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1854.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Tippecanoe Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tippecanoe Township is more historic than 80% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tippecanoe Township’s overall grade.
Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Tippecanoe Township’s 33.5 sits above most of its state (71% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 6 historic buildings outnumber those of 72% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±16.8 points). Two sources give 1882.
Founding year: Wikipedia (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Tippecanoe Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Tippecanoe was settled beginning in 1882. The original town was located 1 mile to the north and was platted as "Tippecanoe Town" in 1850, named for the Tippecanoe River on its southern edge. The name "Tippecanoe" was derived from a Miami-Illinois word for buffalo fish, reconstructed as */kiteepihkwana/ or as kiteepihkwana siipiiwi. After the railroad was built 1 mile south, the town was relocated. The original Tippecanoe Town was renamed Old Tip Town.
Benack's Village was located 1.4 miles (2.3 km) east-northeast of Tippecanoe, across the Tippecanoe River in what is now Potawatomi Wildlife Park.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Tippecanoe Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1959Mentone sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Tippecanoe Township.
On the National Register
3 historic places in Tippecanoe Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
In 1882, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Tippecanoe Township’s post office opened in 1854.
How does Tippecanoe Township rank for history?
Tippecanoe Township is more historic than 80% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Tippecanoe Township?
Three places: the Tippecanoe Twp. District No. 3 Schoolhouse and Cemetery (listed 2008), the Gaskill-Erwin Farm (2015) and the Erwin House (2016).
How old are the homes in Tippecanoe Township?
52% of Tippecanoe Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±16.8 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1938.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (10), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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