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Welcome to Park Place ...

Park Place is located in Schuylkill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Park Place, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

A typical abbreviation for Park Place: Park Pl. (or less commonly used: Park Plc.)

Park Place is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Park Place ...

While we believe that this Park Place is located in Schuylkill County, we know of another 2 Pennsylvania communities named Park Place. Those communities are located in the following counties: Delaware and Lackawanna County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 20 communities that are also named Park Place - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia (2), Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oregon, South Carolina (2), Texas (2), Utah (2) and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Park Place ...

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

  • Hazleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pottsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Berwick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tamaqua
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Carmel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Schuylkill Haven
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Shenandoah
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jim Thorpe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
    • Former names for Jim Thorpe:
    • East Mauch Chunk
    • Mauch Chunk
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <3>
  • West Hazleton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
  • Minersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Park Place ...

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

Adding Park Place to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Park Place 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 Park Place was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Park Place post office opened in 1884. The Park Place post office closed in 1942.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Schuylkill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Park Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/