Parish’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Parish. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusParish is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 2,558 at the 2010 census. The Town of Parish was created from the Town of Mexico in 1828. There is a village called Parish in the town.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 450 people in 2010, 447 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Parish 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 Parish’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Parish’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewParish Business Directory.; Paris…, 1867: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Parish, decade by decade
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Nothing in Parish is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Parish has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pleasant Lawn Cemetery in Parish, 0.8 miles away.
Parish 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 Parish Business Directory.; Parish (Village); Parish (Township) (1867) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.