BUENA PARK

city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. The site known as Buena Plaza, part of the Rancho Los Coyotes, was laid out and named Buena Park in 1887 by James A. Whitaker. It developed as a dairy centre, later becoming a residential community connected by freeway to Los Angeles to the northwest. Knott's Berry Farm, an expansive amusement centre, the Movieland Wax Museum, Palace of Living Art, and an automobile and aircraft museum are in the city. The city has aircraft and food-processing industries. Inc. 1953. Pop. (1991 est.) 70,216.