Welcome to Villa Park ...

Villa Park is located in Monmouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Villa Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Villa Park is near sea level<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Villa Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Villa Park - they are located in California, Illinois and Utah.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Villa Park.

Websites for Villa Park ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities near Villa Park ...

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

• Long Branch
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
• Asbury Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Park
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,377 people
• Neptune City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
• Shrewsbury
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
• Loch Arbour
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
• Allaire Village ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
  • Allaire Village has also been known as:
  • Allaire
• Bay Head Junction
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bay Head Junction is located in Ocean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Head Junction
• Herbertsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
• West Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • West Grove is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
• Winding River Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Winding River Village is located in Ocean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding River Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Villa Park ...

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

Adding Villa Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Villa Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Villa Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Villa Park post office opened in 1892. The Villa Park post office closed in 1940.

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