Park River
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city in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- Walsh
- Mayor
- Kyle Halvorson
- Total
- 2.59 sq mi (6.71 km )
- Land
- 2.59 sq mi (6.71 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 997 ft (304 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 1,407
- Density
- 549.8/sq mi (212.28/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 38-60900
- Highways
- ND 17
- Website
- cityofparkriver.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Park River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Walsh County
- Population
- 1424
- Area
- 5.623468
- Elevation
- 303
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Official website
- www.parkrivernd.govoffice2.com
- Image
- Park River, North Dakota.jpg
- Households
- 679
- Dialing code
- 701
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- postal code
- 58270
- inception
- 1884-00-00
- P8168
- Marie Laforêt
- Commons category
- Park River, North Dakota
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 27767
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Park River is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,424 at the 2020 census. Park River was founded in 1884. Park River was named after the river Park River.
The controversial and often peripatetic father of John D. Rockefeller, William Avery Rockefeller, lived for a time on a 160-acre ranch in Park River that his son had purchased for him. The senior Rockefeller lived in the town through the 1890s, even after the original property was sold by his son in 1889.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Park River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.