Terre Haute, IN

Terre Haute is a Wabash River city in western Indiana, named by French-speaking explorers for the high ground above the river. It has a strong higher-education presence, including Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, and Ivy Tech. The downtown arts corridor, Swope Art Museum, river setting, and older industrial neighborhoods give the city more texture than a simple college-town label. Terre Haute feels regional, academic, and unmistakably tied to the Wabash Valley.