Parrish’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Parrish. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusParrish is a town in Walker County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in October 1922. As of the 2020 census, Parrish had a population of 982.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 982 people in 2010, 982 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1959.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Parrish yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Parrish’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Parrish’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewWilliam Crawford Gorgas Electric …: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Parrish, decade by decade
2000
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Nothing in Parrish is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Parrish has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Stephenson House in Oakman, 6.3 miles away.
Parrish and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant, On Black Warrior River and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.