Cairo, Indiana
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Cairo, Indiana | |
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 Tippecanoe County's location in Indiana | |
  Cairo Location in Tippecanoe County | |
| Coordinates: 40°32′27″N 86°55′29″W / 40.54083°N 86.92472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Tippecanoe |
| Township | Tippecanoe |
| Elevation | 689 ft (210 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47906 |
| Area code | 765 |
| GNIS feature ID | 431946[1] |
Cairo is an unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]
The community is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Skywatch Tower
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In 1952 the US Air Force commissioned the construction of an observation tower in Cairo, which was built by local volunteers. Manned twenty-four hours a day, observers kept watch for enemy aircraft until being the advent of the national radar system.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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