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>.

The location of Parkville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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.<4> 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 location where Parkville once stood is in the (970) area code.

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsum
  • Gypsum is located in Eagle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,304 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gypsum <5>
• Eagle
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
  • Eagle is located in Eagle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,911 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle <5>
• Carbondale
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • Carbondale is located in Garfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,729 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carbondale <5>
• 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 <5>
• Snowmass Village
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowmass Village
  • Snowmass Village is located in Pitkin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,760 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snowmass Village <5>
• El Jebel
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Jebel
  • El Jebel is located in Eagle County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Jebel <5>
• Snowmass
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowmass
  • Snowmass is located in Pitkin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snowmass <5>
• Meredith
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
  • Meredith is located in Pitkin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meredith <5>
• Woody Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody Creek
  • Woody Creek is located in Pitkin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woody Creek <5>
• Thomasville ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomasville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
  • Thomasville is located in Pitkin County

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>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Parkville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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