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Welcome to Parish Center ...

Parish Center is located in Oswego County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Parish Center: Parish Ctr. (or less commonly used: Parish Cen., Parish Cent. or Parish Cntr.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Parish Center for more information about variations on the name of Parish Center.

Parish Center is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Parish Center lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Parish Center: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near Parish Center ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Parish Center.

  • Fulton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • North Syracuse
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
  • Phoenix
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pulaski
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Camden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Central Square
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mexico
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sandy Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Cleveland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lacona
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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 Parish Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Parish Center.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Parish Center. 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 Parish Center.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Parish Center. See our Newspapers Page for Parish Center.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Parish Center ...

Looking for more information about Parish Center? 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 Parish Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Parish Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Oswego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Parish Center - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Parish Center area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Parish Center area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.