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35.292149, -93.729988
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We found 37 communities that share the name Paris.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Paris.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 35 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In Arkansas ...
Greene County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Paris [Greene County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Wilcox County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Paris [Wilcox County].
California
Los Angeles County
This Paris is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,383 miles [2,225.7 km]<3> to the west of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Paris.
Georgia
Coweta County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Paris [Coweta County].
Idaho
Bear Lake County
This Paris is located in Bear Lake County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bear Lake County community of Paris.
Illinois
Edgar County
This Paris is located in Edgar County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<3> to the northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgar County community of Paris.
Indiana
Jennings County
This Paris is located in Jennings County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jennings County community of Paris.
Iowa
Davis County
This Paris is located in Davis County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<3> to the north of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Paris.
Linn County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Paris [Linn County].
Kansas
Lincoln County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Paris [Lincoln County].
Linn County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Paris [Linn County].
Shawnee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Paris [Shawnee County].
Kentucky
Bourbon County
This Paris is located in Bourbon County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Paris.
Maine
Oxford County
This Paris is located in Oxford County and lies 1,372 miles [2,208 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Paris.
Maryland
Calvert County
This Paris is located in Calvert County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Paris.
Michigan
Mecosta County
This Paris is located in Mecosta County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecosta County community of Paris.
Mississippi
Lafayette County
This Paris is located in Lafayette County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Paris.
Missouri
Monroe County
This Paris is located in Monroe County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Paris.
Montana
McCone County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Paris [McCone County].
New Hampshire
Coos County
This Paris is located in Coos County and lies 1,344 miles [2,163 km]<3> to the northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Paris.
New York
Oneida County
This Paris is located in Oneida County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Paris.
North Carolina
Anson County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Paris [Anson County].
Ohio
Guernsey County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Guernsey County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Paris.
Portage County
This Paris is located in Portage County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<3> to the northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Paris.
Stark County
This Paris is located in Stark County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km] to the east northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Paris.
Oklahoma
Kingfisher County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Paris [Kingfisher County].
Ontario
This Paris lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<3> to the northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
Oregon
Lane County
This Paris is located in Lane County and lies 1,698 miles [2,732.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Paris.
Malheur County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Paris [Malheur County].
Pennsylvania
Washington County
This Paris is located in Washington County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Paris.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Paris is located in Greenville County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<3> to the east of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Paris.
Spartanburg County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Paris [Spartanburg County].
Tennessee
Henry County
This Paris is located in Henry County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Paris.
Texas
Lamar County
This Paris is located in Lamar County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<3> to the southwest of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Paris.
Virginia
Fauquier County
This Paris is located in Fauquier County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Paris.
Wisconsin
Kenosha County
This Paris is located in Kenosha County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenosha County community of Paris.
Yukon
This Paris lies 2,716 miles [4,371 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Paris that is located in Logan County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paris ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Carbon City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbon City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sand Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Paris to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paris and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Paris to Little Rock, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 950 miles [1,528.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,738 miles [10,843.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,472 miles [12,025 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,350 miles [8,610 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Paris, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Paris could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paris) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paris. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2921, Longitude: -93.7300
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<8>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Paris to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.178 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.748 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.932 degrees.