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Rensselaer is a city in Marion Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,733 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Jasper County.
This settlement, first platted on June 12, 1839, was originally named Newton and was established at the rapids of the Iroquois River. By 1844 it had been renamed to Rensselaer after James Van Rensselaer, a merchant from Utica, New York who came to the area after his business failed in the Panic of 1837. He took over the land from Joseph D. Yeoman, who had established a farm some years earlier and had begun to plan the village.
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This settlement, first platted on June 12, 1839, was originally named Newton and was established at the rapids of the Iroquois River. By 1844 it had been renamed to Rensselaer after James Van Rensselaer, a merchant from Utica, New York who came to the area after his business failed in the Panic of 1837. He took over the land from Joseph D. Yeoman, who had established a farm some years earlier and had begun to plan the village.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rensselaer,_Indiana
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Coordinates: 40°55'51"N 87°9'6"W
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