Freeland Park, Indiana
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| 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.
[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 / 40.61444°N 87.49111°W in Parish Grove Township, half a mile south of the intersection of Indiana State Roads 18 and 71.
[edit] References
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Freeland Park, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:434812. 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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