Battle Ground is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In the late summer and the fall of 1811, William Henry Harrison, the governor of the Indiana Territory, organized a military expedition against the increasing resistance of the federation of Native American tribes being formed by the Shawnee brothers and chiefs, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa, who was also known as the Prophet.

With their community of Prophetstown as his objective, General Harrison marched from Vincennes, Indiana, at the head of a small army of about 1,000 men.

General Harrison met with representatives of the Prophet on November 6, 1811, when he arrived at Prophetstown.

Harrison set up his encampment on a ridge about a mile northwest of Prophet's Town.

Fearing a surprise attack by the Prophet's forces,[4] General Harrison placed his troops in battle formation, instructed his men to sleep fully clothed, and assigned a large detail of men for sentinel duty.

The defeat all but ended the Indian wars in the Midwest[citation needed], especially as Tecumseh was killed at the Battle of the Thames in Canada in 1813.

The battlefield has been designated a National Historic Landmark and includes a museum and recreation area.

[6] Battle Ground is located in Tippecanoe Township, one and a quarter miles northwest of the Wabash River.

According to the 2010 census, Battle Ground has a total area of 0.86 square miles (2.23 km2), all land.

These students will continue onto 9th–12th grade at William Henry Harrison High School.