Cairo, Indiana

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Cairo, Indiana
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Tippecanoe County's location in Indiana
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Cairo
Location in Tippecanoe County
Coordinates: 40°32′27″N86°55′29″W / 40.54083°N 86.92472°W / 40.54083; -86.92472
Country United States
State Indiana
County Tippecanoe
Township Tippecanoe
Elevation
[1]
689 ft (210 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47906
Area code 765
GNIS feature ID431946 [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.

Skywatch Tower

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Cairo Skywatch Tower

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.

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