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Parsons, Kansas Parsons is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 9,600. It is the most populous city of Labette County, and the second-most populous city in the southeastern region of Kansas. ...

, a city * Parsons, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

Parsons, Tennessee Parsons is a city in Decatur County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,373 at the 2010 census. Parsons is the largest city by population in Decatur County. Geography Parsons is located in central Decatur County at (35.648780, -88.12 ...

, a city *

Parsons, West Virginia Parsons is the county seat and largest city in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,322 at the 2020 census. The mayor of Parsons is Dorothy Judy and the city administrator is Jason Myers. The city is also governed by ...

, a town *

Camp Parsons Chief Seattle Council (originally called Seattle Area Council) is the local council governing the scouting activities of the Boy Scouts of America in a large part of the Puget Sound and Seattle area, including almost all of the Olympic Peninsula. ...

, a Boy Scout camp in the state of Washington *

Lake Parsons Lake Parsons is a lake in the state of Kansas. Located north on highway 59 and west on 20th road from the city of Parsons, Kansas, United States. The lake has a surface area of and there are about of public-use land owned by the city of Parso ...

, near Parsons, Kansas *

Parsons Field Parsons Field is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Brookline, Massachusetts. It is home to the Northeastern University baseball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rugby as well as the Brookline High S ...

, a multi-purpose stadium in Brookline, Massachusetts * Parsons Memorial Lodge, Yosemite National Park, California *

Parsons Peak Parsons Peak is a mountain in Yosemite National Park and the Cathedral Range of California's Sierra Nevada. The peak, located on the Madera– Tuolumne county line, rises to an elevation of . The mountain has a ridge extending northwest from the ...

, a mountain in Yosemite National Park *

Lucy Parsons Center The Lucy Parsons Center, located in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, is an radical, nonprofit independent bookstore and community center. Formed out of the Red Word bookstore, it is collectively run by volunteers. The Center provides readin ...

, an all-volunteer, nonprofit collectively run radical, independent bookstore and community center, located in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts On the Moon: * Parsons (crater)

People

* Parsons (surname) * Parsons Baronets, four baronetcies, two in Ireland, one in England, and one in the United Kingdom

Companies

Parsons Brinckerhoff WSP USA, formerly WSP, Parsons Brinckerhoff and Parsons Brinckerhoff, is a multinational engineering and design firm with approximately 14,000 employees. WSP stands for Williams Sale Partnership. The firm operates in the fields of strategic con ...

, engineering firm headquartered in New York City *

Parsons Corporation Parsons Corporation (Parsons) is an American technology-focused defense, intelligence, security, and infrastructure engineering firm headquartered in Centreville, Virginia. The company was founded in 1944. Parsons has more than 16,000 employees ...

, engineering firm headquartered in Centreville, Virginia *

Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based on the River Tyne at Wallsend, North East England. History Charles Algernon Parsons founded the company in 1897 with £500,000 of capital. It specialised in buildin ...

, company founded by Charles Parsons to build marine steam turbines *

C. A. Parsons and Company C. A. Parsons and Company was a British engineering firm which was once one of the largest employers on Tyneside. The company became Reyrolle Parsons in 1968, merged with Clarke Chapman to form Northern Engineering Industries in 1977, and became ...

, company founded by Charles Parsons to build turbo-generators *

Parsons Dance Company Parsons Dance is a contemporary dance company founded by choreographer David Parsons. The company tours nationally and internationally, and includes an annual season in New York. Based in New York City, Parsons Dance was founded on July 17, 1985 ...

, based in New York City

Schools

Parsons School of Design Parsons School of Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhatt ...

, part of The New School, New York City ** Parsons Paris (2013), Paris school under Parsons School of Design *

Parsons College Parsons College was a private liberal arts college located in Fairfield, Iowa. The school was named for its wealthy benefactor, Lewis B. Parsons Sr., and was founded in 1875 with one building and 34 students. Over the years new buildings were con ...

, a former private college in Fairfield, Iowa, closed in 1973 *

Parsons Senior High School Parsons Senior High School is a public secondary school in Parsons, Kansas, United States. It is operated by Parsons USD 503 school district, and serves students of grades 9 to 12. It is the sole high school in the school district. The schoo ...

, Parsons, Kansas

Other uses

* USS ''Parsons'' (DD-949), a US Navy destroyer *

Parsons code The Parsons code, formally named the Parsons code for melodic contours, is a simple notation used to identify a piece of music through melodic motion — movements of the pitch up and down. Denys Parsons developed this system for his 1975 book ' ...

, a system of notation used to identify a musical work * Parsonsite, a mineral

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