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History · Parshall

Parshall’s post office opened in 1906

Below: maps from 1957 on.

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How Parshall began

When was Parshall founded?

1906

The Parshall post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 42120 years
Founding year: the first Parshall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Parshall’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Parshall are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Parshall, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Parshall yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Parshall is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Grand County, Colorado, United States. The Parshall post office has the ZIP Code 80468. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Parshall CDP was 42.

Its first post office opened in 1906. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 47 to 42 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Parshall, decade by decade

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On the map

Parshall on the map, 1957 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Parshall. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Parshall on the 1957 USGS mapParshall on the 1971 USGS mapParshall on the 1980 USGS map1957Hot Sulphur Springs sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Parshall.

Famous people

Famous people close to Parshall

Nobody well known was born in Parshall itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Mikaela ShiffrinAmerican alpine skier · b. 1995
Jaelin KaufAmerican freestyle skier · b. 1996
Elizabeth LemleyAmerican freestyle skier · b. 2006
Arthur HoytAmerican film actor · b. 1874
Enid MarkeyAmerican actress of stage, film and television · b. 1894
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Katie UhlaenderAmerican skeleton racer · b. 1984

Questions about Parshall’s history

What year was Parshall founded?

The Parshall post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.