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Welcome to Buena Park ...

Buena Park is located in Cook County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buena Park, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Buena Park is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Buena Park lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Buena Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Buena Park - they are located in California and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buena Park.

Communities near Buena Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buena Park.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Buena Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buena Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buena Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buena Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buena Park. See our Newspapers Page for Buena Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buena Park ...

Looking for more information about Buena Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Buena Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Buena Park.

Adding Buena Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buena Park in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Buena Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Buena Park post office opened in 1888.

We also found Buena Park in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buena Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buena Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/