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.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
Climate
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Parshall has a humid continental climate, abbreviated Dfb on climate maps, though it borders a cool semi-arid climate (BSk).
On February 15, 1936, Parshall recorded a temperature of , setting a state record low temperature, which still stands today. Relatively nearby Steele, ND recorded a state record high of less than five months later.
During the calendar year 1934, in the midst of the severe multi-year drought that affected most of North America during much of the 1930s, Parshall recorded a total of of precipitation, less than 27 percent of the long-term normal and much less than normally falls in most of the Sonoran Desert.