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Welcome to Paradise ...

Paradise is located in Cochise County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Paradise, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Paradise is 5,480 feet [1,670 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Paradise is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Paradise lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Paradise, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Paradise lies within the (520) area code.

Communities Also Named Paradise ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Paradise - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas (2), California (2), Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Texas, Utah, Washington (2), West Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Paradise.

Communities near Paradise ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Paradise.

  • Portal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hilltop ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Hilltop is located in Cochise County
  • Rodeo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Apache
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
    • Apache is located in Cochise County
  • Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
    • Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
  • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
    • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
  • San Simon
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Cotton City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton City
    • Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
  • Animas
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Steins ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
    • Steins is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
    • Former name for Steins:
    • Stein's Pass

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Paradise. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Paradise.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Paradise. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paradise.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Paradise. See our Newspapers Page for Paradise.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Paradise ...

Looking for more information about Paradise? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Paradise, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Paradise.

Adding Paradise to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Paradise in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Paradise was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Paradise post office opened in 1901.

We also found Paradise on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Arizona and New Mexico (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Paradise.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Paradise. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cochise County: www.cochise.az.gov/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Cochise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Paradise - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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