Parrish, Florida

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Parrish, Florida
Unincorporated community
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The Parrish Post Office in 2019
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Parrish
Coordinates: 27°35′15″N82°25′30″W / 27.58750°N 82.42500°W / 27.58750; -82.42500 [1]
Country United States
State Florida
County Manatee
Named after Crawford Parrish
Elevation
43 ft (13 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
34219
Area code 941
FIPS code 12-55275 [2]
GNIS feature ID288540 [1]

Parrish is an unincorporated community in northwestern Manatee County, Florida, United States. [3]

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The community is located near the intersection of U.S. 301 and State Road 62 and is part of the North Port – Sarasota – Bradenton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Parrish contains the Florida Railroad Museum, which operates weekend passenger rides round trip from Parrish about 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast to Willow. [4]

History

The first "settlers" in the area were William B. Hooker and William H. Johnson, who established a plantation named Oak Hill in 1850 in an unsuccessful attempt to grow sea island cotton. [5] This plantation burned down in the Seminole Wars but the area continued to be referred to as Oak Hill. William Turner made a homestead at Oak Hill in 1865 but only stayed for a few years before establishing Bradenton.

In 1868, Turner sold the land to Crawford Parrish and his wife Mary Bratcher VanZant. [6] Parrish, a rancher and orange farmer originally from Georgia, sold his plantation on the banks of the Suwannee River that he had held since 1841 and moved to present day Parrish which was, at the time, still referred to as Oak Hill.

The Parish Post Office was established in 1879, effectively changing the spelling of the town's name to Parish, until 1950 when the spelling was officially changed back to Parrish. [7] Compiled in the late 1930s and first published in 1939, the Florida guide listed Parrish's population as 721 and described it as "a citrus-fruit and vegetable shipping center". [8] Parrish was a small agriculture community until the late 2000s when agricultural land began to be developed into residential subdivisions. [6]

Climate

Climate data for Parrish, Florida, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1957–2014
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °F (°C)92
(33)		90
(32)		92
(33)		95
(35)		98
(37)		101
(38)		99
(37)		101
(38)		97
(36)		98
(37)		92
(33)		89
(32)		101
(38)
Mean maximum °F (°C)82.7
(28.2)		83.2
(28.4)		85.8
(29.9)		88.5
(31.4)		92.5
(33.6)		94.8
(34.9)		94.5
(34.7)		94.5
(34.7)		93.0
(33.9)		90.4
(32.4)		86.6
(30.3)		83.8
(28.8)		95.
(35)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)71.8
(22.1)		74.3
(23.5)		77.4
(25.2)		81.7
(27.6)		86.6
(30.3)		89.2
(31.8)		90.0
(32.2)		90.0
(32.2)		88.4
(31.3)		84.1
(28.9)		78.2
(25.7)		74.0
(23.3)		82.1
(27.8)
Daily mean °F (°C)61.1
(16.2)		63.4
(17.4)		66.9
(19.4)		71.8
(22.1)		76.9
(24.9)		80.9
(27.2)		82.1
(27.8)		82.3
(27.9)		80.9
(27.2)		75.6
(24.2)		68.4
(20.2)		63.8
(17.7)		72.8
(22.7)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)50.4
(10.2)		52.6
(11.4)		56.4
(13.6)		61.9
(16.6)		67.2
(19.6)		72.6
(22.6)		74.2
(23.4)		74.5
(23.6)		73.4
(23.0)		67.1
(19.5)		58.5
(14.7)		53.5
(11.9)		63.5
(17.5)
Mean minimum °F (°C)31.2
(−0.4)		34.6
(1.4)		40.7
(4.8)		44.8
(7.1)		56.2
(13.4)		64.8
(18.2)		68.8
(20.4)		69.1
(20.6)		65.9
(18.8)		51.6
(10.9)		42.7
(5.9)		34.5
(1.4)		28.9
(−1.7)
Record low °F (°C)18
(−8)		24
(−4)		29
(−2)		34
(1)		44
(7)		51
(11)		61
(16)		61
(16)		57
(14)		42
(6)		25
(−4)		20
(−7)		18
(−8)
Average precipitation inches (mm)3.04
(77)		2.14
(54)		2.77
(70)		3.16
(80)		3.05
(77)		8.33
(212)		7.92
(201)		8.99
(228)		8.34
(212)		2.61
(66)		1.69
(43)		2.39
(61)		54.43
(1,383)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)6.05.16.24.85.112.715.915.612.85.93.95.799.7
Source: NOAA (mean maxima/minima 1981–2010) [9] [10]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Gazetteer files: 2016". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parrish
  4. ↑ "Welcome to the Florida Railroad Museum". frrm.org.
  5. ↑ "Dedication of Historical Marker at Parrish". Manatee County Public Library System: Digital Collection (Photograph.). March 26, 1988. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Parrish". Manatee County Public Library System: Digital Collection. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  7. ↑ Grimes, David (November 23, 1978). "The Legends Behind Manatee Names". Sarasota Herald Tribune . Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1947). Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 392. ISBN   9781595342089.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  9. ↑ "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on June 16, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Summary of Monthly Normals 1991–2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . Retrieved May 23, 2021.
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