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Welcome to Parkville ...

The city of Parkville is located in Platte County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Parkville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1841.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Parkville has a population of 7,183 people<2> (see below for details).

Parkville is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Parkville: 816 & 975<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Parkville had an population of 7,183 people. This is an increase of 29.33% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 76.96% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Parkville had a population of 5,554 people (or 6.19% of the total population of Platte County). This makes Parkville the county's most populous community.

The population of Parkville represents 0.09% of the total population of Missouri (which has 5,988,927 people), making it the state's 118th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 5,554 people, the population of Parkville increased 36.83% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,059 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Parkville.

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, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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

Websites for Parkville ...

Official Website: www.parkvillemo.com/

Communities near Parkville ...

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

  • Kansas City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Overland Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland Park
    • Overland Park is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 197,381 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overland Park <5>
  • Independence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shawnee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Shawnee is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,298 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <5>
  • Lenexa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lenexa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenexa
    • Lenexa is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,156 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenexa <5>
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lenexa
    • From Parkville to Lenexa
  • Leavenworth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Leawood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Liberty
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Raytown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raytown have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
    • Raytown is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,816 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raytown <5>
  • Gladstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladstone have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
    • Gladstone is located in Clay County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,677 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <5>

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. Our list includes 10 papers. 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Parkville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Parkville post office opened in 1841.

We also found Parkville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Parkville.

The official website for Parkville: www.parkvillemo.com/

The official website for Platte County: www.co.platte.mo.us/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Platte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Parkville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Parkville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 816 code has been Overlayed with the 975 area code. New phone numbers in the Parkville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 816 or 975. 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).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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.
<8>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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