Do you know of Parrish ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Parrish. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Parrish.

Our sources for Parrish (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Parrish other than they indicate that Parrish would be found somewhere in Des Moines County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1848 and closed  in 1899.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Parrish ...

We found seven communities that share the name Parrish.

Within Iowa, the name Parrish is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Walker County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Parrish [Walker County].
  • Colorado
    • Prowers County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Parrish [Prowers County].
  • Florida
    • Hillsborough County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Parrish [Hillsborough County].
    • Manatee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Parrish [Manatee County].
  • Illinois
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Parrish [Franklin County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Forest County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Parrish [Forest County].
  • Wisconsin
    • Langlade County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Parrish [Langlade County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Parrish ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Parrish:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Parrish - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in  Des Moines County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Des Moines County.