Parkville is a city in Platte County, Missouri, United States, that is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The population was 7,177 at the 2020 census.

History

A post office called Parkville was established in 1841, named for settler George S. Park. The town of Parkville was platted in 1844 That post office closed in 1962.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<br>2020 Census The population density was .

There were 2,450 households in Parkville, of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 67.1% were married-couple households, 12.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 16.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

A small part of Parkville is in the Platte County R-III School District<!--UNI 25230-->.

Metropolitan Community College has the Park Hill school district in its taxation area, while the Platte County R-III district is in its service area but not its taxation area.

Park University, a private institution, has been in operation at Parkville since 1875.

Notable people

  • Bill Grigsby, American sportscaster and member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
  • George S. Park, Texas War of Independence hero, and founder of Parkville, Park University, and Manhattan, Kansas
  • Frank Ringo, professional baseball player from 1880 to 1888

See also

  • List of cities in Missouri

References

  • Parkville Chamber of Commerce
  • The Landmark, newspaper
  • The Platte County Citizen, newspaper