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Welcome to Parkville ...

So far, we found very little information about Parkville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Parkville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Parkville, please Contact Us.

Parkville would have been located within present day Summit County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Parkville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1861.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Parkville is 10,460 feet [3,188 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Parkville is about 2 miles [or ~3¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Parkville was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Parkville was located: 970

Communities Also Named Parkville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named Parkville: This one is located in Summit County and the other is located in Saguache County.

Beyond Colorado, there are 14 communities that are also named Parkville - they are located in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Parkville ...

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

  • Gypsum
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Eagle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Carbondale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Basalt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
    • Basalt is located in Eagle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,183 people
    • Former names for Basalt:
    • Aspen Junction
    • Fryingpan Town
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <4>
  • Snowmass Village
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • El Jebel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ruedi ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruedi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
    • Ruedi is located in Eagle County
  • Snowmass
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Meredith
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Woody Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Parkville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Parkville 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 for Parkville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Parkville post office opened in 1861.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Parkville.

The official website for Summit County: www.co.summit.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Parkville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Summit, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Parkville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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