| Official Name: | Center, Indiana |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community and Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Center |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Howard |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Taylor |
| Coordinates: | 40.4367°N -86.0594°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 843 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 46902 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-11404[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2830412 |
Center (originally called Tampico[2]) is an unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States. Center is a suburb of Kokomo and is a part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Center was laid out in 1852. It was originally named Tampico, after the Mexican port, but because there is another Tampico in Jackson County it was renamed Centre (later Center) for its central location in the county.[3]
Center is served by the Taylor Community Schools Corporation.http://taylor.in.schoolwebpages.com/education/district/district.php?sectiondetailid=1 Taylor High School competes in the Hoosier Heartland Conference (HHC) for athletics.
The United States Census Bureau delineated Center as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.[4]