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By 1910, the population of River Park had climbed to 1,560 <br />people, with 436 enrolled in the River Park School. Because <br />of funding problems for the school, which also functioned <br />as a community center, and an inadequate water system, <br />the residents began to seek annexation. At first the South <br />Bend Common Council showed no interest. The River Park <br />town board then set up an election for September 10, <br />1910, on the question of whether to annex to South Bend <br />or Mishawaka. But, on August 22nd, the Mishawaka City <br />Council voted in favor to annex River Park. The Mishawaka <br />Council’s action taken before the River Park citizens vote <br />angered the town and the residents filed for a remon- <br />strance. The Mishawaka City Council withdrew their annex- <br />ation plan. In the November 1910 elections South Bend <br />and River Park voted to merge. In March 1911 the town <br />government of River Park stopped operating and it ceased <br />being a independent town. The gas lights and River Park <br />School were still being used until 1923. The school building <br />remained standing into the 1940s. <br />www.historymuseumsb.org/the -history-of-river-park/