Tecumseh, Indiana
{{For|the unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County|Tecumseh, Tippecanoe County, Indiana}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|name = Tecumseh, Indiana
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Vigo
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Fayette
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
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|elevation_m = 170
|elevation_ft = 558
|coordinates = {{coord|39|33|47|N|87|25|18|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 47885
|blank_name = GNIS feature ID
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|population_total = 778
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_km2 = 9.20
|area_total_sq_mi = 3.55
|area_land_km2 = 9.00
|area_water_km2 = 0.20
|area_land_sq_mi = 3.48
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.08
|population_density_sq_mi = 223.82
|population_density_km2 = 86.41
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Tecumseh is an unincorporated census-designated place in eastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|444612}} | title = Tecumseh, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | access-date = August 6, 2017}} It is part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area.
History
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.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n26 11]|quote=Tecumseh was named for the famous Shawnee chief...}} Tecumseh was once known as Durkee's Ferry, and in 1890 it was merely a post-office with five or six houses.{{Cite book
| last = Bradsby
| first = H.C.
| author-link = Henry C. Bradsby
| title = History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections
| publisher = S. B. Nelson & Co
| year = 1891
| location = Chicago
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/historyofvigocou00brad/page/480 480]
| url = https://archive.org/details/historyofvigocou00brad
}} Durkee's Ferry was once one of the main crossing points on the Wabash River.{{Cite book
| last = Oakey
| first = Charles Cochran
| title = Great Terre Haute and Vigo County
| publisher = Lewis Publishing Co.
| year = 1908
| location = Chicago
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/greaterterrehaut01oake/page/130 130]
| url = https://archive.org/details/greaterterrehaut01oake
}}
A post office was established at Tecumseh in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Vigo&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Vigo County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=July 13, 2016}}
Geography
Tecumseh is located at {{coord|39|33|47|N|87|25|18|W|type:city}} at an elevation of 561 feet.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 778
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}
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References
{{Vigo County, Indiana}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Indiana
Category:Census-designated places in Vigo County, Indiana
Category:Terre Haute metropolitan area
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