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History · Parshall

Parshall’s post office opened in 1914, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Parshall began

When was Parshall founded?

1914

The Parshall post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 949112 years
Founding year: the first Parshall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Parshall’s past

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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 (Hidatsa: dibiarugareesh) is a city lying within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. It is located on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 949 at the 2020 census. Parshall was founded in 1914 by George Parshall, and is the home of the Paul Broste Rock Museum. Randy Hedberg, a former NFL quarterback, was born and raised in Parshall. Another notable native of Parshall was Raymond Cross, a stand out high school basketball player and later a law professor in Montana.

Its first post office opened in 1914. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 903 to 949 (+5%).

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

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History across the town line

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Parshall TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townModel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Parshall’s history

What year was Parshall founded?

The Parshall post office opened in 1914, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.