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Interesting Facts about Parrish, FL

Local accounts of how Parrish got its name differ. What is known is that Maj. William Iredell Turner, a Civil War veteran, became the owner of the Oak Hill plantation, the forerunner of Parrish, in 1865. He moved to the area now known as Bradenton and sold the land to Crawford Parrish, a cattle rancher who moved to the area, in 1868. His son, John Parrish, donated land for a train depot. At his request, the train depot at the village was renamed after his father, Crawford Parrish, and became known as the Parrish stop. Other accounts say the village changed its name when the first post office opened as there already was an Oak Hill in Florida.

One of the better known settlers in Manatee County was William B. Hooker who came in 1850. He was a cattleman and planter and established his homestead "The Oak Hill Plantation" which is the site of today's Parrish. He and a partner raised Sea Island cotton. At that time, the Seminole raids were still happening; families were settling at Branch Fort or Camp Manatee. A base camp was formed by twenty-five frontiersmen and it was called Fort Hamer which was considered to be located on the grounds of Hooker's Plantation. The home was eventually burned by the Seminole Indians.

A dwindling number of people in the northeastern Manatee County community of Parrish can draw their bloodlines back so far they can tie them to the area's early settlers. Louise Parrish Styron was one of those people. Styron, 95, who died in 1996, had longtime ties to Parrish. She was touted as the oldest living Manatee County native in her death notice. Parrish was named after her grandparents, who were Florida pioneers. Her uncle, Crawford P. Parrish, built the first school and the first church in Parrish. She aided in the recording of the county's history and was an educator. In 1989 and 1990, she contributed to a history called "Parrish: The Early Years." She and fellow Parrish Historical Society members Flora McGuire and Betty Youngblood researched almost every aspect of Parrish's past.

The community dates to the 1870s, when Crawford Parrish bought land in the area from William Iredell Turner. The Parrish family raised cattle and sheep. Eventually other families started ranches nearby. A small business district - including a general store, blacksmith's shop and railroad depot - sprang up. Styron loved to tell old-time stories and had a keen wit. Styron was born Dec. 22, 1902. After graduating from college in Lakeland, she taught second and third grades at the elementary school in Parrish for nine years, then taught elementary school for 17 years in Bradenton. She is buried at Manasota Memorial Park.

Source: Parrish Florida History