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Do you know of Island Park ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Island Park, so we are uncertain whether Island Park is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Island Park would be found somewhere in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

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 Island Park ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Island Park.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Island Park.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Northumberland 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 Island Park [Northumberland County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Fremont County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Island Park [Fremont County].
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Island Park [Kosciusko County].
      • Steuben County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Island Park [Steuben County].
    • Iowa
      • Mills 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 Iowa community of Island Park [Mills County].
      • Pottawattamie 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 Iowa community of Island Park [Pottawattamie County].
    • Maine
      • Kennebec County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Island Park [Kennebec County].
    • Michigan
      • Kalamazoo 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 Island Park [Kalamazoo County].
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Island Park [Hennepin County].
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Island Park [Nassau County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Newport County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Island Park [Newport County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Winnebago County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Island Park [Winnebago County].

More Orphans in  Cambria 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 Cambria County.

Ashland Furnace 
 Lovett
Bethel 
BrackenMillside
BradleyMorrellville
BrookdaleMoss Creek Junction
 Moss Creek
CanyockMyra
Chess Springs 
ChickoryNettleton
Cymbria Mine 
Cymbria MinesOakmont
 Odenthal
Dawson 
DearminPaint Creek
DelaneyPlatt
DorisPreisser
Dutch Settlement 
 Romar
East HillsRoseland
EastmontRuthford
Erdon 
ExpeditSaint Bonifacius
 Saint Michael - Sidman
FifficktownSandertown
FigartSang Hollow
Flynn CitySaxman
 Sheridan
GarmanStains
Garman's Mills 
 Three Roads
Hemlock 
Highland ParkValley View
Hommers 
 Westwood
IvisonWhite Mill
 Woodvale Heights
Kinport 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Island Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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