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Tecumseh, Indiana
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Tecumseh is an unincorporated census-designated place in eastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area.
Key Information
History
[edit]Located on the Wabash River, the community was named for Tecumseh, the Native American leader of the Shawnee who fought General William Henry Harrison at Fort Harrison, only a mile south of the town.[3] Tecumseh was once known as Durkee's Ferry, and in 1890 it was merely a post-office with five or six houses.[4] Durkee's Ferry was once one of the main crossing points on the Wabash River.[5]
A post office was established at Tecumseh in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.[6]
Demographics
[edit]Education
[edit]All areas in Vigo County are in the Vigo County School Corporation.[8] Tecumseh is zoned to Fayette Elementary School,[9] West Vigo Middle School and West Vigo High School. West Vigo Middle School, and West Vigo High School.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tecumseh, Indiana
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
Tecumseh was named for the famous Shawnee chief...
- ^ Bradsby, H.C. (1891). History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections. Chicago: S. B. Nelson & Co. pp. 480.
- ^ Oakey, Charles Cochran (1908). Great Terre Haute and Vigo County. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. pp. 130.
- ^ "Vigo County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Vigo County, IN (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 6, 2025. - Text list
- ^ Fayette [Elementary School Boundary] (Map). Vigo County School Corporation. Retrieved June 6, 2025. - Linked from here
- ^ West Vigo Middle/High School Boundary (PDF) (Map). Vigo County School Corporation. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
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