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Cairo, Indiana | |
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Coordinates: 40°32′27″N86°55′29″W / 40.54083°N 86.92472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Tippecanoe |
Township | Tippecanoe |
Elevation | 689 ft (210 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 47906 |
Area code | 765 |
GNIS feature ID | 431946 [1] |
Cairo is an unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]
The community is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In 1952 the US Air Force commissioned the construction of an observation tower in Cairo, which was built by local volunteers. Manned twenty-four hours a day, observers kept watch for enemy aircraft until being the advent of the national radar system.
Tippecanoe County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana about 22 miles east of the Illinois state line and less than 50 miles from the Chicago and the Indianapolis metro areas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,251. The county seat and largest city is Lafayette. It was created in 1826 from Wabash County portion of New Purchase and unorganized territory.
Lafayette is a city in and is the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, located 63 miles (101 km) northwest of Indianapolis and 125 miles (201 km) southeast of Chicago. According to the 2020 census, the population of Lafayette was 70,783. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which contributes significantly to both communities. Together, they form the core of the Lafayette metropolitan area, which had a population of 235,066 in 2020.
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Cairo Skywatch Tower, also known as Delta Lima 3 Green Ground Observation Tower, is a historic watchtower located in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1952, and is a 40-foot tall wooden structure. It once had a glass-enclosed office. It was the first officially commissioned rural skywatch tower by the United States Air Force's Civilian Ground Observation Corps under the Operation Skywatch program. In 1959, after the dissolution of the Civilian Ground Observation Corps, the watchtower was also abandoned.
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