Welcome to Parr ...Parr is located in Jasper County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Parr, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. Parr is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Parr lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Parr (for example, toward Medaryville), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Code for Parr: 219 Communities Also Named Parr ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Parr - they are located in South Carolina and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Parr. Communities near Parr ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Parr.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Parr. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Parr. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Parr. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parr. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Parr. See our Newspapers Page for Parr. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Parr ...Looking for more information about Parr? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Parr, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Parr. Adding Parr to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Parr in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Parr was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Parr. Footnotes ...
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