Do you know of Merriam Park ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Merriam 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 Merriam Park.<1>

Our sources for Merriam 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 Merriam Park other than they indicate that Merriam Park would be found somewhere in Ramsey County, Minnesota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1889.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Merriam Park ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Merriam Park - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

The FIPS database contains an entry for Merriam Park.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 27/41786   (Place Name: Merriam Park)

County: Ramsey     (FIPS State/County: 27/123)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Merriam Park) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Ramsey County ...

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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 Ramsey County.