Freeland Park, Indiana

Unincorporated town in Indiana, United States

40°36′52″N 87°29′28″W / 40.61444°N 87.49111°W / 40.61444; -87.49111CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyBentonTownship Parish GroveElevation

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722 ft (220 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

47944

Area code765FIPS code18-25792^[2]GNIS feature ID434812

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.

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″N 87°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.

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Freeland Park, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
^ 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.
^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. "Unincorporated community s of the County". History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw. p. 202.
^ "Benton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.