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History · Parksville

Parksville’s post office opened in 1882, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Price's Mill. Below: maps from 1964 on and the census since 1890.

1882first post office
1on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Parksville began

When was Parksville founded?

1882

The Parksville post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 145 in 18902020 census: 120144 years
Founding year: the first Parksville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Parksville’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 Parksville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 245 in 1920; 120 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Parksville’s homes were built before 1952.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Parksville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Parksville, census by census

01002001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 245

Peaked at 245 in 1920; 120 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Parksville’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Parksville, in brief

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

Parksville is a town in McCormick County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Parksville had a population of 120.

Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 117 to 120 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Parksville, 1882 to 1964

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Parksville post office opens
  3. 1890BuiltPrice's Mill is built
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Born hereThomas P. Bussey is born here
  6. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 245
  7. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Parksville on the map, 1964 to 1986

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

Parksville on the 1964 USGS mapParksville on the 1986 USGS map1964Parksville sheet · 1:24,000

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Parksville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1972
Price's Mill
Buildings
Price's MillBuilt 1890

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Parksville’s post office has been open since 1882.

Gone or out of use
Callihams Mill Churchchurch
1cemetery inside Parksville
Parksville

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Parksville’s history

What year was Parksville founded?

The Parksville post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Parksville?

One place: the Price's Mill (listed 1972).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.