Do you know of Island Park ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Island Park. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Island Park.<1>

Our sources for Island Park (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Island Park other than they indicate that Island Park would be found somewhere in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1894 and closed in 1900.

Communities Also Named Island Park ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Island Park.

There is one other community in Iowa which is also named Island Park.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Iowa ...
- Mills County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Island Park [Mills County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
  - Fremont County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Island Park [Fremont County].
- Indiana
  - Kosciusko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Island Park [Kosciusko County].
  - Steuben County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Island Park [Steuben County].
- Maine
  - Kennebec County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Island Park [Kennebec County].
- Michigan
  - Kalamazoo County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Island Park [Kalamazoo County].
- Minnesota
  - Hennepin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Island Park [Hennepin County].
- New York
  - Nassau County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Island Park [Nassau County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Cambria County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Island Park [Cambria County].
  - Northumberland County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Island Park [Northumberland County].
- Rhode Island
  - Newport County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Island Park [Newport County].
- Wisconsin
  - Winnebago County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Island Park [Winnebago County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Island Park ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Island Park:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Island Park.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 19/39045 (Place Name: Island Park)

County: Pottawattamie (FIPS State/County: 19/155)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Island Park) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Pottawattamie County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Pottawattamie County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Island Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/