Earl Park was laid out July 31,1872 by Adams Earl, his wife, and merchant Adams D. Raub, and consisted of 217 lots, the public sale of which on August 8 attracted some 2,000 people.
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 Bug Four railway from Lafayette to Kankakee. It consisted of 217 lots, the public sale of which on August 8 attracted some 2,000 people.