Parris, Texas
{{Distinguish|Paris, Texas}}
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|blank1_info = 2034654{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}
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Parris, Texas is a community that once existed just south of Melissa in central Collin County near the banks of the East Fork{{cite web| url=http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=12030106| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020520214647/http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=12030106| url-status=dead| archive-date=May 20, 2002|title= East Fork Trinity Watershed|publisher= United States Environmental Protection Agency |accessdate=March 19, 2013}} of the Trinity River.
History
In 1859 Thaddeus Parris, a Mexican–American War veteran for whom the community was named built an ox-turned gristmill{{cite web| url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/dim02|title= Milling|publisher= Texas State Historical Association |accessdate=March 20, 2013}} at this location. This attracted settlers of the area during the next decade and until sometime in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century Parris remained a community center for area farmers.{{cite web| url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvp11|title= Parris, Texas|publisher= Texas State Historical Association |accessdate=March 17, 2013}}
Further reading
- Collin County Genealogical & Historical Records, Probate Minutes - 1871-1879 - Volume B-1 - pp 47–50, Estate of Thaddeus Parris [http://www.collincotxhistdoc.info/probate-minutes/1871-1879-volb-1-00.php]
- Collin County Genealogical & Historical Records, Probate Minutes - 1871-1879 - Volume B-1 - pp 51–82, Estate of Thaddeus Parris [http://www.collincotxhistdoc.info/probate-minutes/1871-1879-volb-1-01.php]
References
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External links
- [http://www.topoquest.com/place-detail.php?id=2034654 TopoQuest]
- [http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/tx/parris-profile.htm Roadside Thoughts]
{{Collin County, Texas}}
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