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Welcome to Parks Corner ...

Parks Corner is located in Lake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Parks Corner: Parks Cor. (or less commonly used: Parks Crn.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Parks Corner for more information about variations on the name of Parks Corner.

Parks Corner is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Parks Corner lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Parks Corner: 440 & 436<3>

Communities near Parks Corner ...

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

  • Mentor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Euclid
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Euclid is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Euclid <4>
  • Cleveland Heights
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Garfield Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Garfield Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,272 people
  • Shaker Heights
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Willoughby
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Solon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,660 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solon <4>
  • Maple Heights
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • South Euclid
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Painesville
    (8 miles [12.9 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 Parks Corner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Parks Corner.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Parks Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Parks Corner - 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 440 code has been Overlayed with the 436 area code. New phone numbers in the Parks Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 440 or 436. As a result, placing a call in the Parks Corner 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.