Freeland Park, Indiana
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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 Parish Grove Township, half a mile south of the intersection of Indiana State Roads 18 and 71.
in[edit] References
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ 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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