Parrot, Kentucky

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Jackson

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Parrot is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Kentucky, United States. Parrot is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 2002 and Kentucky Route 2003 {{convert|4.85|mi|km}} west of Annville.{{cite map |publisher=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |title=State Primary Road System: Jackson County |url=http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/SPRS%20Maps/Jackson.pdf |trans-title=|language= |format=PDF |edition= |year=2011 |cartography= |scale= |series= |page= |section= |inset= |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |isbn= |id= |ref= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}} Parrot had a post office which opened on September 7, 1898, and closed on July 23, 1994.{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=January 6, 2013}} The community was named for a local family; it has also been called Letter Box, as before the post office opened residents used a letter box attached to a tree for mail service.{{cite book|last=Rennick|first=Robert M.|title=Kentucky Place Names|year=1987|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813101798|pages=375}}