The name "Tippecanoe" was derived from a Miami-Illinois word for buffalo fish, reconstructed as */kiteepihkwana/[4] or as kiteepihkwana siipiiwi.

It is named for the Tippecanoe River, which runs on the north side of town.

Indiana State Road 331 passes through the town, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to Bourbon and southwest (via State Road 25) 13 miles (21 km) to Rochester.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Tippecanoe CDP has an area of 0.61 square miles (1.58 km2), all land.

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