Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Parkin came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Parkin in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Parkin. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Parkin data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Parkin:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, an Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for Arkansas (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Parkin is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Parkin in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Parkin for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Parkin. See our Misc Page for Parkin for more information.