Do you know of Manhattan Park ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Manhattan 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 Manhattan Park.<1>
Our sources for Manhattan 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 Manhattan Park other than they indicate that Manhattan Park would be found somewhere in Essex County, New Jersey.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1897.
Communities Also Named Manhattan Park ...
We found two communities that share the name Manhattan Park.
Within New Jersey, the name Manhattan Park is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Manhattan Park [Hillsborough County].
- New York
- Westchester County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Manhattan Park [Westchester County].
- Florida
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Manhattan Park ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Manhattan 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 Manhattan Park - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Essex 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 Essex County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |