Welcome to Helms Park ...

Helms Park is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Helms Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Helms Park is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Helms Park lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Helms Park: 704 & 980<3>

Websites for Helms Park ...

Chamber of Commerce: www.unioncountycoc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Helms Park, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Helms Park ...

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

Charlotte
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 900,350 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotte <4>
Indian Trail
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Trail is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,040 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Trail <4>
Matthews
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Matthews is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,718 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Matthews <4>
Mint Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mint Hill is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,109 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mint Hill <4>
Fort Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Mill is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,929 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Mill <4>
Waxhaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waxhaw is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxhaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,987 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waxhaw <4>
Stallings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stallings is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,456 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stallings <4>
Weddington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Weddington is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weddington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,389 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weddington <4>
Wesley Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wesley Chapel is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,476 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wesley Chapel <4>
Pineville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pineville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pineville <4>

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 Helms Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Helms Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Helms 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 Helms Park.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Helms Park ...

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

Adding Helms Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Helms Park in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Helms Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Helms Park post office opened in 1898. The Helms Park post office closed in 1904.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Helms 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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Helms Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Helms 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/