West Lafayette is a village in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.

West Lafayette was laid out in 1850 by Robert Shaw and William Wheeler.

Tragedy struck this track on September 11, 1950, when the crack passenger train "Spirit of St. Louis" hit another train carrying 600 men of the 109th Field Artillery Battalion of the Pennsylvania National Guard.

A 105mm howitzer is at the memorial also, commemorating the manufacture of 105mm shells at Moore Enamelling across the tracks during WWII.

[7] Before plastics were invented, steel vessels covered with a ceramic called enamelware were the norm in American homes.

The West Lafayette Homecoming was founded in 1950 and continues today as the "Hometown Festival.

"[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.89 square miles (2.31 km2), all land.

The aquifer under the village is the site of a well documented trichloroethylene (TCE) plume.

[citation needed] As of the census[11] of 2010, there were 2,321 people, 948 households, and 642 families living in the village.

27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.