Montmorenci, Indiana

Montmorenci
Census-designated place
Montmorenci's grain elevators silhouetted at dusk
Tippecanoe County's location in Indiana
Montmorenci Location in Tippecanoe County
Coordinates: 40°28′27″N 087°01′46″W / 40.47417°N 87.02944°W / 40.47417; -87.02944Coordinates: 40°28′27″N 087°01′46″W / 40.47417°N 87.02944°W / 40.47417; -87.02944
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Tippecanoe
Township	Shelby
Elevation^[1]	699 ft (213 m)
ZIP code	47962^[2]
GNIS feature ID	439370

Montmorenci is an unincorporated census-designated place in Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.^[3] Older maps sometimes spell the name Montmorency or Montmorencie.

It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

An old variant name of the community was called Bringham's Grove.^[4]

A post office was established under the name Bringham's Grove in 1846, and was renamed to Montmorenci in 1853. It is still currently in operation.^[5]

Geography

Montmorenci is located at 40°28'28" North, 87°01'46" West (40.474444, -87.029444) in Shelby Township, at the intersection of U.S. Routes 52 and 231. It has an elevation of 699 feet.

Education

All public education is provided by the Benton Community School Corporation. Students attend Otterbein Elementary in grades K-6, then move on to Benton Central Jr./Sr. High School in grades 7-12.

References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "USPS.com® - ZIP Code Lookup". usps.com. C1 control character in |title= at position 21 (help)
↑ "Montmorenci, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
↑ "USGS detail on Montmorenci - Variant Citation". Retrieved 2016-07-25.
↑ "Tippecanoe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

Montmorenci in 1878.
The old Montmorenci School building.
A home along Walnut Street.

Municipalities and communities of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States

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

CDPs	Americus Buck Creek Colburn Montmorenci Purdue University Stockwell West Point

Other unincorporated communities	Altamont Switch Ash Grove Bar Barry Heights Birmingham Cairo Concord Crumb Corner Delp Eastwich Elston Green Meadows Gladens Corner Glen Hall Happy Hollow Heights Indian Village Klondike McQuinn Estates Meadowbrook Monitor Monroe Norma Jean Addition North Crane Octagon Odell Old Halfway Pettit Ravinamy Romney South Raub Summit Taylor Tecumseh Wabash Shores

Ghost towns	Beeville Corwin Granville Harrisonville Heath LaGrange Wyandot

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

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