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Parkville

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท COLORADO

A historical populated place in Summit County, Colorado, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Parkville
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Colorado
County
Summit County
USGS Map
Boreas Pass
Coordinates
39.4988727, -105.9500441
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GNIS Feature ID
203893

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Site of former mining town 10 mi NE of Breckenridge near the confluence of the middle and south forks of the Swan River.

GNIS historical note

Flourished 1860-1866 with discovery of gold at Georgia Gulch.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 203893. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.