Editing Parkston, South Dakota (section)

==History==
The city was named for R. S. Parke, a landowner.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=South Dakota place-names, v.1-3|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=143|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=54}}</ref>  Parkston was founded in 1886.<ref>''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'', p. 1432</ref> The first store to be moved from Dakota City to Parkston was the (A.F.) Gimm and (Frank) Weidman's store. Dakota City was moved mostly moved to Parkston by June 25, 1886. Parkston consisted of six or eight general stores, three or four hardware stores, four machine dealers, and a variety of other stores being brought into Parkston. During the first month of Parkston's existence, an average of one building per day was being put up. By November 1186, the town's population had rise to 100 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parkston, South Dakota |url=http://www.parkston.com/history/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.parkston.com}}</ref>