Lena Park, Indiana

Lena Park is a place name in Wayne Township, Starke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, which refers to a failed real estate development in the area in the early 20th century.

[2] [3][4] The scheme included providing free train rides every weekend from Chicago to prospective buyers, many of whom were recent immigrants from eastern Europe.

Though the farmland was only worth perhaps $80 an acre, buyers were paying at a much higher price for small subdivided lots.

[11] In February 1912, the auditor of the county issued an advertisement to sell 1,500 lots in Lena Park for delinquent taxes.

A 1929 newspaper report described it as a "settlement on the C. & O. railroad near North Judson, ten miles southwest of Knox.

October 1, 1909 advertisement for Lena Park in Chicago Polish-language newspaper Dziennik Chicagoski
Lena Park portions still extant on bottom right portion of 1925 Wayne Township map.
Map of Indiana highlighting Starke County