Freeland Park, Indiana

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Freeland Park, Indiana
Unincorporated town
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A water pump in the town park
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Benton County's location in Indiana
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Freeland Park
Freeland Park's location in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°36′52″N87°29′28″W / 40.61444°N 87.49111°W / 40.61444; -87.49111 Coordinates: 40°36′52″N87°29′28″W / 40.61444°N 87.49111°W / 40.61444; -87.49111
Country United States
State Indiana
County Benton
Township Parish Grove
Elevation
[1]
722 ft (220 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47944
Area code(s) 765
FIPS code 18-25792 [2]
GNIS feature ID 434812

Freeland Park is an unincorporated town in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [3] It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

Freeland Park was named for Antoine Freeland, the original owner of the town site. [4] It 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. [5]

A post office was established at Freeland Park in 1901, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957. [6]

Geography

Freeland Park is located at 40°36′52″N87°29′28″W / 40.61444°N 87.49111°W / 40.61444; -87.49111 , half a mile south of the intersection of Indiana State Roads 18 and 71 and a little under two miles east of the Illinois state line. A small waterway known as Salmon Ditch runs just north of town and flows west into Illinois where it becomes Cole Creek.

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Freeland Park, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  138. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...and named for Antoine Freeland, who owned the land.
  5. ↑ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. "Unincorporated community s of the County". History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw. p. 202.
  6. ↑ "Benton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.


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