Welcome to Parrish ...

Parrish is located in Langlade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Parrish, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Parrish is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Parrish lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Parrish: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Parrish ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Parrish - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Florida (2), Illinois, Iowa and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Parrish.

Communities near Parrish ...

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

• Rhinelander
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
• Tomahawk
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
• Jeffris
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jeffris is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffris
• Dudley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dudley is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
• Harrison
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
• Gleason
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gleason is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
• Elcho
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Elcho is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
• Pelican Lake
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
• Irma
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Irma is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
• Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners

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

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

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

Adding Parrish to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Parrish 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 Parrish was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Parrish post office opened in 1889. The Parrish post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Parrish.