Shenandoah National Park a result of differential erosion during the Cenozoic, although some post-Paleozoic tectonic activity occurred in the region. Legislation to create a national park in the Appalachian mountains was first introduced by new Virginia congressman Henry D. Flood in 1901, but despite the support of President Theodore Roosevelt, failed to pass. The first national park was Yellowstone, in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It was signed into law in 1872. Yosemite National Park was created in 1890. When Congress created the National Park Service (NPS) in 1916, additional parks had maintained the western pattern (Crater Lake in 1902, Wind Cave in 1903,
South Park, Wyoming South Park, Wyoming South Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,731 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jackson, WY–ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. The community does not have any connections with "South Park", the animated Comedy Central television series. South Park is at (43.440310, -110.804324). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 11.7 square miles (30.3 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 864 people, 350 households, and 234 families residing in the CDP. The population