The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗At the turn of the 20th century, Parma contained two saw mills.
In 1903, Parma, along with the neighboring community of Lotta, was incorporated as a village, retaining the name "Parma."
On April 14, 2015, Tyus Byrd was sworn in as the first African-American woman mayor of Parma. Byrd succeeded Randall Ramsey, who had been mayor of Parma for a total of 37 years. Shortly before Byrd was to be sworn in, four of the city's six police officers resigned, along with the city's clerk and the supervisor of water treatment.
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Start Parma’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Parma’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Parma, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Parma is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Parma has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Howardville School in Howardville, 12.3 miles away.
Parma and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.