Parsons

Parsons may refer to:

Places

In the United States:

• Parsons, California, a former settlement
• Parsons, Kansas, a city
• Parsons, Tennessee, a city
• Parsons, West Virginia, a town
• Camp Parsons, a Boy Scout camp in the state of Washington
• Lake Parsons, near Parsons, Kansas
• Parsons Field, a multi-purpose stadium in Brookline, Massachusetts
• Parsons Memorial Lodge, Yosemite National Park, California
• Parsons Peak, a mountain in Yosemite National Park

In Canada:

• Parsons Road, Edmonton, Alberta

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, engineering firm headquartered in New York City
• Parsons Corporation, engineering firm headquartered in Pasadena, California
• Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, company founded by Charles Parsons to build marine steam turbines
• C. A. Parsons and Company, company founded by Charles Parsons to build turbo-generators
• Parsons Dance Company, based in New York City

Schools

• Parsons School of Design, part of The New School, New York City
  • Parsons Paris (2013), Paris school under Parsons School of Design
• Parsons College, a college formerly located in Fairfield, Iowa, that closed in the 1970s

Events

• Suicide of Rehtaeh Parsons, a young Canadian girl whose suicide is attributed to Bullycide

Other uses

• Parsons code, a system of notation used to identify a musical work
• USS Parsons (DD-949), a US Navy destroyer

See also

• Parson (disambiguation)