[3] Parks Township is located in southern Armstrong County; the Kiskiminetas River forms the township's southern boundary with Westmoreland County.

[4] The township includes the unincorporated communities of North Vandergrift, Kepple Hill, Pleasant View, River View, and Kiskimere, all in the Kiskiminetas River valley.

23.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The Shallow Land Disposal Area site (part of NUMEC) was under cleanup by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as of 2010.

[10][11] In 1878, finding it was too large to manage and supervise, the three split and Parks Township was incorporated.