After a steady period of growth, on November 1, 1915, Parris Island was officially designated as a Marine Corps Recruit Depot and training station. Today, it is where thousands of recruits begin their careers providing service to their country.

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Parris Island Was One of the Earliest European Settlements in North America. For more than 6,000 years, the island was inhabited by the Mississippians, a Native American tribe whose villages spanned the Southern United States. Then, in 1562, French explorers arrived on the island and built a small outpost.

Parris Island remains the only recruit depot to train enlisted female Marines even today. Segregated African-American recruits who had previously trained at Montford Point near Camp Lejeune, N.C., also began training at Parris Island in 1949.

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