Park River, North Dakota
Park River, North Dakota | |
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Downtown Park River with grain elevators in the background | |
| Motto: "The Town With a Heart" | |
Location of Park River, North Dakota | |
| Coordinates: 48°23′28″N 97°44′34″W / 48.39111°N 97.74278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Dakota |
| County | Walsh |
| Founded | 1884 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dan Stenvold |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.59 sq mi (6.71 km2) |
| • Land | 2.59 sq mi (6.71 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 997 ft (304 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,424 |
• Estimate (2022) | 1,407 |
| • Density | 549.81/sq mi (212.28/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 58270 |
| Area code | 701 |
| FIPS code | 38-60900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1036213 |
| Highways | ND 17 |
| Website | cityofparkriver.com |
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.
In 1903, a Park River blacksmith named Samuel Holland built a motor car called the Holland Special. He built at least five more cars between 1903 and 1908.