Welcome to McKinley Park ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of McKinley Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

McKinley Park is 1,750 feet [533 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: McKinley Park lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for McKinley Park: 907

Communities Also Named McKinley Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named McKinley Park - they are located in Connecticut and Illinois.

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

Communities near McKinley Park ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near McKinley Park.

• Healy
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healy
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Healy <2>
• Lignite
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignite
• Ferry
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry
• Cantwell
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cantwell <2>
• Summit
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McKinley Park ...

Looking for more information about McKinley 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 McKinley Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for McKinley Park.

Adding McKinley Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McKinley Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for McKinley Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the McKinley Park post office opened in 1922. The McKinley Park post office closed in 1971.

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