Freeland Park, Indiana
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| Freeland Park | |
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| Unincorporated town | |
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  Freeland Park | |
| Coordinates: 40°36′52″N 87°29′28″W / 40.61444°N 87.49111°WCoordinates: 40°36′52″N 87°29′28″W / 40.61444°N 87.49111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Benton |
| Township | Parish Grove |
| Elevation | 725 ft (221 m) |
| ZIP code | 47944 |
| FIPS code | 18-25792[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 434812[2] |
Freeland Park is an unincorporated town in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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]
Geography
Freeland Park is located at 40°36′52″N 87°29′28″W / 40.61444°N 87.49111°W in Parish Grove Township, half a mile south of the intersection of Indiana State Roads 18 and 71.
References
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "Freeland Park, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ↑ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. "Towns of the County". History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw. p. 202.
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