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Americus
— Unincorporated town —
Looking from the Wabash River southeast toward State Road 25 in Americus
Tippecanoe County's location in Indiana
Americus Location in Tippecanoe County
Coordinates: 40°31′33″N 086°45′29″W / 40.52583°N 86.75806°W / 40.52583; -86.75806
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Tippecanoe
Township	Washington
Elevation^[1]	558 ft (170 m)
ZIP code	47905
GNIS feature ID	0430134^[2]

Americus is a small town in Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Americus is located at 40°31'34" North, 86°45'29" West (40.526111, -86.758056) at an elevation of 558 feet, on the southern bank of the Wabash River in Washington Township.

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "Americus, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0430134. Retrieved 2009-10-10.

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Americus, Indiana is at coordinates 40°31′34″N 86°45′29″W / 40.526111°N 86.758056°W / 40.526111; -86.758056 (Americus, Indiana)Coordinates: 40°31′34″N 86°45′29″W / 40.526111°N 86.758056°W / 40.526111; -86.758056 (Americus, Indiana)

Americus in 1878.

v · d · eMunicipalities and communities of Tippecanoe County, Indiana

County seat: Lafayette

Cities	Lafayette \| West Lafayette

Towns	Battle Ground \| Clarks Hill \| Dayton \| Otterbein‡ \| Shadeland

Townships	Fairfield \| Jackson \| Lauramie \| Perry \| Randolph \| Sheffield \| Shelby \| Tippecanoe \| Union \| Wabash \| Washington \| Wayne \| Wea

Unincorporated communities	Americus \| Ash Grove \| Buck Creek \| Cairo \| Colburn \| Concord \| Monitor \| Monroe \| Montmorenci \| North Crane \| Odell \| Pettit \| Romney \| South Raub \| Stockwell \| Westpoint

Ghost towns	Beeville \| Corwin \| Glen Hall \| Granville \| Heath \| Octagon \| Old Halfway \| Wyandot \|

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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