Parks, Nebraska

Census-designated place in Dundy County, Nebraska, United States

Census-designated place in Nebraska, United States

40°02′37″N 101°43′30″W / 40.04361°N 101.72500°W / 40.04361; -101.72500CountryUnited StatesStateNebraskaCountyDundyArea

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• Total0.18 sq mi (0.46 km²) • Land0.18 sq mi (0.46 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

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3,104 ft (946 m)Population

(2020)

• Total12 • Density68.18/sq mi (26.33/km²)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code

69041

FIPS code31-38365GNIS feature ID2583893^[2]

Parks is a namesake census-designated place in southern Dundy County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12.^[3]

Description

Parks lies along local roads just north of U.S. Route 34, 12 miles (19 km) west of the city of Benkelman, the county seat of Dundy County.^[4] Its elevation is 3,094 feet (943 m) above sea level.^[5] Parks is unincorporated, with the ZIP code of 69041.^[6] Google Maps did not bother with visiting Parks.

Parks was named and laid out in 1880–1881 by Frank Parks, who was the surveyor for the railroad that was moving west at the time.^[7]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	12		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[8]

Notable person

Roger L. Reisher, banker, philanthropist

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parks, Nebraska
^ "Explore Census Data".
^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 62.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parks, Nebraska, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-03-09. Accessed 2008-04-26.
^ Zip Code Lookup
^ Chester Parks, grandson of Frank Parks
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.