Welcome to Park Rapids ...Park Rapids is located in Stevens County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Park Rapids, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912. A typical abbreviation for Park Rapids: Park Rpds. Park Rapids is 2,910 feet [887 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Park Rapids is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Park Rapids lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Park Rapids: 509 Communities Also Named Park Rapids ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Park Rapids - it's located in Minnesota. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Park Rapids. Communities near Park Rapids ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Park Rapids.
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 Park Rapids. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Park Rapids. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Park Rapids. 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 Park Rapids. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Park Rapids. See our Newspapers Page for Park Rapids. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Park Rapids ...Looking for more information about Park Rapids? 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 Park Rapids, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Park Rapids. Adding Park Rapids to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Park Rapids 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 Park Rapids was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Park Rapids. Footnotes ...
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