Parisville, Michigan

Parisville, Michigan
Unincorporated community
Parisville Location within the state of Michigan Parisville Parisville (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°42′50″N 82°47′59″W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Huron
Township	Paris
Settled	1856
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	48456
Area code	989
GNIS feature ID	1617770

Parisville is an unincorporated community in Paris Township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located about seven miles east of Ubly at 43°42′50.05″N 82°47′58.8″W.

Parisville is notable as one of the first Polish American settlements in the United States, having arrived around 1848. Parisville was named after Paris, Ontario by early settlers who lived in the Canadian town for a short period before moving on to the United States. Once a thriving community with numerous businesses, Parisville is now a quiet community of around 2 dozen homes and St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Further reading

• "Polonia: United States of America: Parisville, Michigan". Retrieved December 3, 2006.
• Bukowczyk, John J. (January 2000). "Review of A History of the Poles in America to 1908, Part III: Poles in the Eastern and Southern States by Waclaw Kruszka". The Sarmatian Review. XX (1). Retrieved December 3, 2006.
• "Our Take - The Significance of Panna Maria, Texas". The Sarmatian Review. XXV (1). January 2005. Retrieved December 3, 2006.