Parnell, MO

Parnell is a city in northeast Nodaway County, Missouri, United States, near the Platte River. The 2020 census counted 135 residents. Parnell was home to the father-son horse trainers Ben and Jimmy Jones, whose horses won eight Kentucky Derbies and two Triple Crowns. Parnell was platted on July 5, 1887 as a station stop on the Chicago Great Western Railway and it was formally incorporated in 1888. In Parnell, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Parnell, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. The Chicago Great Western route passing through the community was called the Diagonal Route. Parnell is located at the junction of routes 46 and NN one-half mile from the Nodaway- Worth county line. The Platte River flows past the west side of the community.