Do you know of Short Line Park ???

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

Our sources for Short Line 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 Short Line Park other than they indicate that Short Line Park would be found somewhere in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1890.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Short Line Park ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Short Line 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 Short Line Park - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Short Line Park.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 27/60034   (Place Name: Short Line Park)

County: St. Louis     (FIPS State/County: 27/137)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Short Line 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  Saint Louis 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 Saint Louis County.