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Do you know of Parksville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Parksville. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Parksville.<1>

We found mention of Parksville as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Hampden County, Massachusetts.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1867 and closed  in 1870.

Communities Also Named Parksville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Parksville.

Within Massachusetts, the name Parksville is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Parksville.
    • Georgia
      • Calhoun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Parksville [Calhoun County].
    • Iowa
      • Van Buren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Parksville [Van Buren County].
    • Kentucky
      • Boyle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Parksville [Boyle County].
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Parksville [Sullivan County].
    • South Carolina
      • McCormick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Parksville [McCormick County].
    • Tennessee
      • Polk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Parksville [Polk County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Parksville ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Parksville:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

More Orphans in  Hampden County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Hampden County.

ArmoryIreland
  
Bond's VillageLong Meadow Station
  
CabotvilleMonson Center
Chester Factories 
Chicopee CenterNorth Westfield
Chicopee Junction 
Collins DepotPecowsic
Collins 
 Riverside
East Granville 
EdwardsSomers
 South Brimfield
Fairfield MallSouth Springfield
FairfieldSouth Wilbraham
Forest LakeSouthwick Center
  
HighlandWest Springfield Station
 Westover Field
Indian Orchard VillageWilbraham Center
IndlesideWilliamsett

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
<3>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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