238 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. L»58. 
(Parish; town in Oswego County and village in Erie County, New York; 
I Parish ville ; town in St. Lawrence County, New York. Named for David Parish, 
I an extensive landowner. 
Parita; village in Bexar County, Texas. A Spanish word meaning "grapevine." 
Park; county in Colorado, so named because it includes a large area of South Park. 
Park; county in Montana, so named from its proximity to Yellowstone Park. 
Park City; town in Yellowstone County, Montana; when platted a portion of the 
land was set apart as a park, from which the town took its name. 
Parke; county in Indiana, named for Benjamin Parke, a prominent State politician. 
Parker; city in Linn County, Kansas, named for J. W. Parker, the former owner 
of the town site. 
Parker; township and city in Turner County, South Dakota, named for the wife 
(nee Parker) of the chief engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul 
Railroad. 
Parker; county in Texas, named for the family of Parker's Fort, who in 1836 were 
captured and killed by the Indians. 
Parkersburg; town in Sampson County, North Carolina, named for a prominent 
citizen. 
Parkersburg; city in Chester County, Pennsylvania, named for Dr. Thomas Parker, 
an eminent physician of Chester County. 
Parkersburg; city in Wood County, West Virginia, named for Alexander Parker, 
of Pennsylvania. 
Parkers Landing; city in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, named for the former 
proprietors. 
Parkersville; village in Lyon County, Kentucky, named for Thomas Parker, a 
wealthy citizen. 
Parkerville; city in Morris County, Kansas, named for C. G. Parker, the former 
owner of the town site. 
Parkman; town in Piscataquis County, Maine, named for its early proprietor, Sam- 
uel Parkman, of Boston. 
Parkman; village and towmship of Geauga County, Ohio, named for Robert P. 
Parkman. 
Parkman; town in Sheridan County, Wyoming, named for Francis Parkman. 
Park River; city in Walsh County, North Dakota, named for the stream which 
flows through the natural park. 
Parksville; town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, named for a prominent 
family of the county. 
Parkville; village in Platte County, Missouri, named for George S. Park, its founder. 
Parmele; town in Martin County, North Carolina, named for a prominent resident, 
Parmer; creek in Chariton County, Missouri, and county in Texas. Named for 
Martin Parmer, who was a member of the first legislature of Missouri, and later 
went to Texas, where he engaged in an attempted revolution about 1827. 
Parramore; beach and island in Accomac County, Virginia, named for the family 
who were its former owners. 
Parrott; town in La Plata County, Colorado, named for a California capitalist. 
Parry; peak in the Front Range, Colorado, named for the botanist. 
Parsons; city in Labette County, Kansas, named for Judge Levi Parsons, a promi- 
nent railroad official. 
Parsons; town in Tucker County, West Virginia, named for a former resident. 
Parsonsfield; town in York County, Maine, named for Thomas Parsons, an early 
proprietor. 
Pasadena; city in Los Angeles County, California. An Indian word meaning 
" crown of the valley." 
Pascagoula; river, and town in Jackson County, in Mississippi, named for an Indian 
tribe, the name meaning "bread people." 
