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Lafayette, Indiana

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Lafayette is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Kokomo. It is located about 38 miles [61 km] to the east of Lafayette and has a population of 46,113 people.<1>

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Danville (IL)   SW43 mi [69.2 km]32,2484.88% decrease
 Hoopeston (IL)   W42 mi [67.6 km]5,6565.18% decrease
 Avon   SE50 mi [80.5 km]12,23895.87% increase
 Brownsburg   SE45 mi [72.4 km]19,99437.7% increase
 Carmel   SE48 mi [77.2 km]66,76976.95% increase
 Crawfordsville   S24 mi [38.62 km]15,0431.31% decrease
 Danville   SE48 mi [77.2 km]8,12426.58% increase
 Frankfort   SE20 mi [32.19 km]16,3941.61% decrease
 Lebanon   SE31 mi [49.89 km]15,4008.28% increase
 Logansport   NE35 mi [56.3 km]18,6635.19% decrease
 Monticello   N24 mi [38.62 km]5,2937.51% decrease
 Peru   NE48 mi [77.2 km]12,3015.33% decrease
 West Lafayette   NW4 mi [6.44 km]30,8477.19% increase
 Westfield   SE45 mi [72.4 km]21,171127.82% increase
 Zionsville   SE43 mi [69.2 km]13,65555.61% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Battle Ground   N7 mi [11.27 km]1,4257.71% increase
 Brookston   N13 mi [20.92 km]1,5768.21% decrease
 Chalmers   N18 mi [28.97 km]4688.77% decrease
 Clarks Hill   SE12 mi [19.31 km]6881.18% increase
 Colfax   SE17 mi [27.36 km]7720.52% increase
 Dayton   E4 mi [6.44 km]1,2087.86% increase
 Delphi   NE16 mi [25.75 km]2,8625.07% decrease
 Indian Village   NW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Linden   S14 mi [22.53 km]6802.86% decrease
 Mulberry   E11 mi [17.7 km]1,4534.76% increase
 New Richmond   S15 mi [24.14 km]3373.44% decrease
 Otterbein   NW13 mi [20.92 km]1,2286.4% decrease
 Rossville   E14 mi [22.53 km]1,5311.19% increase
 Shadeland   SW6 mi [9.66 km]1,7966.78% increase
 Wingate   SW19 mi [30.58 km]2912.68% decrease

Tippecanoe County

Lafayette is located in Tippecanoe County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tippecanoe: Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Warren and White.

While not sharing a border with Tippecanoe, the following counties are close to Lafayette: Boone, Howard and Jasper.

Below are counties that are near Lafayette (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Lafayette:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Lafayette
 Iroquois County (IL)   WGreer (IL)39 miles [62 km]
 Vermilion County (IL)   WThomas (IL)35 miles [56 km]
 Benton County   NWOtterbein13 miles [20 km]
 Boone County   SEThorntown23 miles [37 km]
 Carroll County   NEPyrmont10 miles [16 km]
 Cass County   NEYoung America29 miles [46 km]
 Clinton County   EEdna Mills10 miles [16 km]
 Fountain County   SWRoberts13 miles [20 km]
 Hamilton County   SESheridan38 miles [61 km]
 Hendricks County   SELizton39 miles [62 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lafayette. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
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Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Lafayette.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Lafayette and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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