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Unincorporated community
Tippecanoe County's location in Indiana
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Tippecanoe
Township	Wabash
Elevation	755 ft (230 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47906
Area code(s)	765
GNIS feature ID	440499

Octagon is an unincorporated community in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

The community is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

A post office was established at Octagon in 1866, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.

Geography

Octagon is located at 40°31′35″N 86°59′32″W / 40.52639°N 86.99222°W / 40.52639; -86.99222 with an elevation of 755 feet.

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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