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Lafayette is the county seat of Tippecanoe County in northwestern Indiana, located 63 miles northwest of Indianapolis and 125 miles southeast of Chicago, with a 2020 population of 70,783. Founded in 1825 by trader William Digby on the Wabash River's southeast bank and named after French Revolutionary War General Marquis de Lafayette, the city sits across the river from West Lafayette, home to Purdue University, creating a metropolitan area of 235,066 residents. The area was originally inhabited by the Miami Native Americans' Ouiatenon tribe, and a French fur-trading fort was established in 1717, now commemorated annually by the Feast of the Hunters' Moon festival. Lafayette became a major regional hub through the Wabash and Erie Canal in the 1840s and railroad connections in the 1850s, and it was the site of the first official U.S. airmail delivery on August 17, 1859, when balloonist John Wise launched from the courthouse grounds. Historic neighborhoods including Ninth Street Hill and Upper Main Street District reflect the city's 19th-century development as a frontier shipping and trading center. Anderson is the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, with a 2020 population of 54,788, named after Chief William Anderson whose mother was Lenape and father was Swedish. Founded when John and Sarah Berry donated 32 acres to move the county seat from Pendleton in 1827, the city was incorporated as a city on August 28, 1865, with nearly 1,300 residents. Anderson experienced rapid growth following the discovery of natural gas on March 31, 1887, earning nicknames including "The Pittsburgh on White River" and "Queen City of the Gas Belt" as glass-making and rubber tire manufacturing businesses relocated there. Major employers including Delco Remy and Guide Lamp (which manufactured weapons for World War II) sustained the economy after the natural gas boom ended in 1912, while the city also became home to the Church of God headquarters and Anderson University. The city's notable landmarks include the historic Paramount Theatre and Gruenewald House. Kokomo is the county seat of Howard County in North Central Indiana, located approximately 60 miles north of Indianapolis and 85 miles south of South Bend, with a 2020 census population of 59,604 and serving as the principal city of a six-county metropolitan region with roughly 225,000 residents. Named after Miami leader Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo (c. 1775-1838), the town was incorporated in October 1855 after being established as the county seat in 1844 on land donated by trader David Foster. The city experienced substantial growth following the discovery of large natural gas reserves in the mid-1880s, which attracted fledgling automobile manufacturers and sparked significant technical innovations in production. Kokomo became known as the "City of Firsts" due to numerous automotive engineering breakthroughs developed there, and automobile industry employment remains a substantial portion of the city's economy today. The city's origins trace to an earlier Miami village on Wildcat Creek and its development as a legal and commercial hub connected to Indianapolis and Eastern cities by railroad before the Civil War.