Parris, Texas is a community that once existed just south of

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in central

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near the banks of the East Fork of the Trinity River.

History

In 1859 Thaddeus Parris, a

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veteran for whom the community was named built an ox-turned

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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.

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