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Welcome to Parkville ...

Parkville is located in Champaign County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Parkville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

Parkville is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Parkville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Parkville (for example, toward Dana (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Parkville: 217 & 447<3>

Communities Also Named Parkville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Parkville - they are located in California, Colorado (2), Connecticut, 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.

  • Champaign
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Urbana
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Urbana is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,724 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Urbana <4>
  • Savoy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
    • Savoy is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savoy <4>
  • Monticello
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Monticello is located in Piatt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monticello <4>
  • Tuscola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tolono
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolono
    • Tolono is located in Champaign County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tolono <4>
  • Arcola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Villa Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
    • Villa Grove is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,414 people
  • Arthur
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bement
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bement have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bement
    • Bement is located in Piatt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,661 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bement <4>

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Parkville ...

Looking for more information about Parkville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Parkville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 1875.

We also found Parkville on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Parkville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Champaign, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Parkville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Parkville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Parkville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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