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Welcome to Parent ...

Parent is located in Benton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Parent, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Parent is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Parent: 320

Communities Also Named Parent ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Parent - they are located in Maine and Quebec.

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

Communities near Parent ...

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

  • Saint Cloud
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sartell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Sauk Rapids
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Waite Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Joseph
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Becker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Becker is located in Sherburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,033 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Becker <3>
  • Princeton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Saint Augusta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Augusta is located in Stearns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augusta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,900 people
  • Milaca
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Milaca is located in Mille Lacs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milaca <3>
  • Foley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Parent ...

Looking for more information about Parent? 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 Parent, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Parent.

Adding Parent to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Parent 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 (so far) for Parent was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Parent post office opened in 1869. The Parent post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Parent.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Benton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Parent - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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