Do you know of Central Park ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Central 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 Central Park.

Our sources for Central 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 Central Park other than they indicate that Central Park would be found somewhere in Gallatin County, Montana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1871 and closed  in 1909.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Central Park ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Central Park.

Within Montana, the name Central Park is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alberta
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Central Park.
  • Georgia
    • Glynn County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Central Park [Glynn County].
  • Illinois
    • Cook County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Central Park [Cook County].
    • Vermilion County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Central Park [Vermilion County].
  • Louisiana
    • Saint Tammany Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Central Park [Saint Tammany Parish].
  • Michigan
    • Ottawa County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Central Park [Ottawa County].
  • Mississippi
    • Monroe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Central Park [Monroe County].
  • New Hampshire
    • Strafford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Central Park [Strafford County].
  • New Jersey
    • Middlesex County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Central Park [Middlesex County].
    • Salem County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Central Park [Salem County].
  • New York
    • Erie County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Central Park [Erie County].
    • Queens 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 New York community of Central Park [Queens County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Central Park.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Allegheny County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Central Park [Allegheny County].
  • Texas
    • Harris County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Central Park [Harris County].
  • Virginia
    • Chesterfield County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Central Park [Chesterfield County].
  • Washington
    • Grays Harbor County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Central Park [Grays Harbor County].
  • Wisconsin
    • Douglas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Central Park [Douglas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Central Park ...

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Central Park.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 30/13525   (Place Name: Central Park)

County: Gallatin     (FIPS State/County: 30/031)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Central 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  Gallatin 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 Gallatin County.