Parris Island, South Carolina

Coordinates: 32°19′44″N 80°41′41″W / 32.32889°N 80.69472°W / 32.32889; -80.69472
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Parris Island, South Carolina
District
FIPS code
45-54850[1]

Parris Island is a district of the city of

Micropolitan Statistical Area.[2]

History

Further information: Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site, New France, French Florida, Spanish assault on French Florida, Santa Elena (Spanish Florida), Spanish Florida, Province of Carolina, Province of South Carolina, and South Carolina in the American Civil War

Parris Island was first colonized by Europeans in 1562, when members of a French expedition led by

Santa Elena was founded here by Spanish Conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. It was the capital of La Florida
from 1566 to 1587, during which time Spanish explorers sailed from Santa Elena to explore the Tennessee Valley and Chesapeake Bay. An expedition also traveled overland into the interior to western North Carolina and points west.

After coming under English control, the island was granted to Robert Daniell in 1706 and became known as Port Royal Island. It later came into the hands of Colonel Alexander Parris, sometimes spelled "Paris", Public Treasurer of South Carolina. After his death in 1736, it gradually became known as Parris Island (and the name Port Royal Island was applied to a different one to the north).[3][4][5]

Parris Island was captured by the Union Army in 1861 during the American Civil War. It became a coaling station during the war. After the war, through the efforts of African American Congressman Robert Smalls, it continued as a coaling station for the United States Navy and became known as the Port Royal Naval Station. The neighboring Port Royal Sound is the deepest natural harbor on the Atlantic coast of the United States south of New York. The island was purchased outright in 1883. In the early 1890s, a dry dock was constructed at the naval station. The dry dock was completed in 1895. The construction of the Charleston Naval Shipyard in 1901 resulted in the closing of the Port Royal Naval Station in 1903.[6]

In 1915, Parris Island became the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. In the early years of the Marine Corps presence it was referred to as Paris Island.[7]

The Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site and Parris Island Drydock and Commanding Generals House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[8]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 19.6 square miles (51 km2), of which 12.2 square miles (32 km2) of it is land and 7.4 square miles (19 km2) of it (37.96%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 13.16% of the population.

There were 318 households, out of which 72.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 87.7% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 6.3% were non-families. 4.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.31 and the average family size was 3.40.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 10.6% under the age of 18, 72.4% from 18 to 24, 15.7% from 25 to 44, and 1.2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 20 years. For every 100 females, there were 303.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 339.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $46,335, and the median income for a family was $45,750. Males had a median income of $17,428 versus $16,359 for females. The

poverty line
, including 4.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

In popular culture

Parris Island was the setting for the first half of Stanley Kubrick's 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket, as well as the scene of several flashbacks in the TV series Revolution.[9][10] It is also mentioned in the opening lines of the song "Goodnight Saigon" by Billy Joel.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ Population Estimates Boundary Changes, United States Census Bureau, 2007-07-01. Accessed 2008-11-06.
  3. ^ Alexander Samuel Salley (1919). Parris Island, the Site of the First Attempt at a Settlement of White People Within the Bounds of what is Now South Carolina. The Commission. pp. 8–11.
  4. ^ Tryals for High-treason, and Other Crimes: Vol VIII. London: Thomas Wotton. 1731. p. 337. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  5. ^ McCord, David J, ed. (1840). The Statutes at Large of South Carolina: Vol 7. Columbia SC. p. 26. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  6. ^ Rowland, Lawrence S. (August 22, 2022). "Port Royal Naval Station". South Carolina Encyclopedia. Institute for Southern Studies, University of South Carolina. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  7. ^ The Navy Register. Washington DC: Bureau of Naval Personnel. January 1, 1919. pp. 817, 853. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  8. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  9. ^ Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Filming & production - IMDb, retrieved August 17, 2023
  10. ^ Rome, Emily. "Revolution recap: The Birth of a Militia". Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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