Earl Park is a town in Richland Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 362 at the 2022 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Earl Park was laid out July 31, 1872, by Adams D. Raub and named for his uncle, Adams Earl, one of the promoters of the Big Four railway from Lafayette to Kankakee. It …
Earl Park is a town in Richland Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 362 at the 2022 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Earl Park was laid out July 31, 1872, by Adams D. Raub and named for his uncle, Adams Earl, one of the promoters of the Big Four railway from Lafayette to Kankakee. It consisted of 217 lots, the public sale of which on August 8 attracted some 2,000 people. Free lunch and free transportation on a special train of freight cars from Lafayette was provided. The town's first building was a grain elevator, the second the railway station. Elias Wees opened the first general store, providing residents with groceries and provisions.
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