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West Lafayette, IN - History
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Welcome to the West Lafayette Home page. The West Lafayette Home page provides as much information as possible on West Lafayette. Knowing West Lafayette’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within West Lafayette’s Home page, you will also find West Lafayette’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
West Lafayette has a population of 49668. 55.2% of West Lafayette’s inhabitants are Male, and 44.8 are female. 22% of West Lafayette is married and 34.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $238,342, and the average rent is $915. Household median income in West Lafayette is $31,460, and the individual median income is $9,977. West Lafayette’s Ethnic is the following: White(68.7%), Asian(22%), Hispanic(4.4%), Black(4.1%), Multiple(3.5%), Other(1.1%), Native(0.5%), Pacific(0.1%).
Augustus Wylie laid out a town in 1836 in the Wabash River floodplain south of the present Levee. Due to regular flooding of the site, Wylie's town was never built. The present city was formed in 1888 by the merger of the adjacent suburban towns of Chauncey, Oakwood, and Kingston, located on a bluff across the Wabash River from Lafayette, Indiana.
The three towns had been small suburban villages which were directly adjacent to one another. Kingston was laid out in 1855 by Jesse B. Lutz. Chauncey was platted in 1860 by the Chauncey family of Philadelphia, wealthy land speculators. Chauncey and Kingston formed a municipal government in 1866 which selected the name "Chauncey".The new town of Chauncey remained a small suburban village until Purdue University opened in 1869.
In 1871 Chauncey voted to be annexed by Lafayette because it was unable to provide the infrastructure (such as improved streets, waterworks, police and fire protection). Lafayette voted against annexing Chauncey because of the high cost of the many improvements that the village lacked. In May 1888, the town of Chauncey voted to change its name to West Lafayette after a petition signed by 152 electors.
By that time, the growth of the university was fueling the growth of the little town. 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 in the establishment of municipal infrastructure and services.
Today, West Lafayette has established itself as a separate city, with independent services and unique neighborhoods distinct from those of its sister city, Lafayette. In November 2013, the City of West Lafayette approved an annexation that placed much of the Purdue University academic campus and residence hall system within the official boundaries of the municipality for the first time.
This expansion also included a large section of the US Highway 231 corridor that was previously part of unincorporated Tippecanoe County.Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House, Jesse Andrew House, Chauncey-Stadium Avenues Historic District, John E. and Catherine E. Christian House, Curtis-Grace House, Happy Hollow Heights Historic District, Hills and Dales Historic District, Morton School, and The Varsity are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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