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=== American era === [[File:First Congregational Church, 633 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, 1920s (48724403722).jpg|thumb|left|Buena Park in the 1920s.]]Americanization further expanded in the area after completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 and its connection to Los Angeles in 1875. By then, [[Abel Stearns]] had acquired Rancho Los Coyotes in consideration for loans made to Pio and [[Andrés Pico]]. In 1885, James A. Whitaker, a wholesale grocer from [[Chicago]], purchased {{convert|690|acre|km2}} of this land from Stearns. In 1887, Whitaker founded the City of Buena Park in conjunction with the railway development of what we now know as Orange County. The exact derivation of the name Buena Park is uncertain. One theory is that Whitaker used the name of a Chicago suburb: [[Buena Park, Chicago, Illinois]], although the community in Illinois was also named in 1887. Another theory relates to the artesian well and its park-like grounds once located at the current intersection of what are now Artesia and [[California State Route 39|Beach]] Boulevards. Local settlers referred to the area as "Plaza Buena" which means "good park" in Spanish. The city was [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] on January 27, 1953.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usacitiesonline.com/cacountybuenapark.htm |title=Profile and Resource Guide. Buena Park, California Facts and Information |publisher=Usacitiesonline.com |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-date=January 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117220851/http://www.usacitiesonline.com/cacountybuenapark.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> An agricultural center when founded (particularly dairy, wine and citrus products), Buena Park is now primarily a residential suburb and commercial hub. The [[Murder of Stuart Tay]] occurred in 1992. In 2009, the body of swimsuit model and reality TV star [[Jasmine Fiore]] was found stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in an apartment building dumpster near the 7400 block of Franklin Street in northern Buena Park by a resident searching for recyclables. [[The Source OC]] retail experience opened in 2017. This place is located north of [[Knott's Berry Farm]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Detailed Look at The Source OC in Buena Park |date=March 7, 2017 |url=http://archives.developingoc.com/2017/03/a-detailed-look-at-source-oc-in-buena.html |access-date=September 30, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204025024/https://archives.developingoc.com/2017/03/a-detailed-look-at-source-oc-in-buena.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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