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History · Conkling Park

Conkling Park’s post office opened in 1912

Most of Conkling Park was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1957 on.

1912first post office
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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How Conkling Park began

When was Conkling Park founded?

1912

The Conkling Park post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 73114 years
Founding year: the first Conkling Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Conkling Park’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Conkling Park, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Conkling Park yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Conkling Park is a census-designated place in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2020 census, Conkling Park had a population of 73.

Its first post office opened in 1912. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 43 to 73 (+70%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Conkling Park, 1912 to 1967

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1912Post officeThe Conkling Park post office opens
  3. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1967Post officeThe Conkling Park post office closes
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On the map

Conkling Park on the map, 1957 to 1996

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Conkling Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Conkling Park on the 1957 USGS mapConkling Park on the 1975 USGS mapConkling Park on the 1981 USGS mapConkling Park on the 1996 USGS map1957Plummer sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Conkling Park.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Conkling Park had its own post office from 1912 to 1967.

Conkling Park
1912–1967
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Conkling Park Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Conkling Park’s history

What year was Conkling Park founded?

The Conkling Park post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.