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Welcome to Vevay Park ...

Vevay Park is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vevay Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Vevay Park is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Vevay Park lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Vevay Park (for example, toward Shelburn (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Vevay Park: 217 & 447<3>

Communities near Vevay Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Vevay Park.

  • Charleston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Casey
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenup
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Toledo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Toledo is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toledo <4>
  • Martinsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashmore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Kansas
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Westfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lerna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Willow Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Vevay Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vevay Park.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vevay Park ...

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

Adding Vevay Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vevay 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 Vevay Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Vevay Park post office opened in 1887. The Vevay Park post office closed in 1922.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vevay Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Vevay Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Vevay Park area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/