Freeland Park, Indiana

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Freeland Park
Freeland Park (Indiana)
Freeland Park
Freeland Park
Coordinates: 40°36′52″N 87°29′28″W / 40.61444, -87.49111
Country United States
State Indiana
County Benton
Township Parish Grove
Elevation [1] 725 ft (221 m)
ZIP code 47944
FIPS code 18-25792[2]
GNIS feature ID 434812

Freeland Park is an unincorporated town in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana.

[edit] History

Freeland Park was named for Anthony Joseph Freeland, a well-known local, and stood at the terminus of the Freeland Park branch of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. A fire in 1914 badly damaged the town's business district. In the 1920s Freeland Park had two grain elevators, a high school, a Presbyterian church and eight to ten businesses.[3]

[edit] Geography

Freeland Park is located at 40°36′52″N, 87°29′28″W in Parish Grove Township, half a mile south of the intersection of Indiana State Roads 18 and 71.

[edit] References

  1. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  3. ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington [1928] (1942). "Towns of the County", History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, p. 202. 
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