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Freeland Park, Indiana
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. HistoryFreeland 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] GeographyFreeland Park is located at 40°36′52″N 87°29′28″W / 40.61444°N 87.49111°W, 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
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