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Parkville

Ghost town · Summit County, Colorado

Como quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1937, 1:62,500)
Como quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1937, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Parkville is a ghost town in Summit County, Colorado. It is one of 7 former communities in Summit County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 48 Colorado counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Parkville as a historical populated place on the Boreas Pass topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.4989° N, 105.9500° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBoreas Pass
Elevation10,003 ft
Nearest living townBreckenridge, CO
Distance to it5 miles
GNIS feature ID203893
Coordinates39.49887, -105.95004

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What's there now

Parkville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Breckenridge, CO (population 5,001), about 5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 10,003 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Hydraulic mining on Farncomb Hill above Parkville ultimately buried the town in waste rock.
Hydraulic mining on Farncomb Hill above Parkville ultimately buried the town in waste rock. · US Geological Survey / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

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Questions

Where is Parkville?

Parkville is in Summit County, Colorado, at 39.4989, -105.9500.

How many ghost towns are in Summit County?

Summit County, Colorado has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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