Welcome to Paris ...So far, we found very little information about Paris. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Paris to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Paris, please Contact Us. Paris would have been located within present day Linn County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Paris, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850. While the community is gone, the present day location for Paris is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Paris was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Paris was located: 319 Communities Also Named Paris ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Iowa communities named Paris: This one is located in Linn County and the other is located in Davis County. Beyond Iowa, there are 37 communities that are also named Paris - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and Yukon. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Paris. Communities near Paris ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Paris.
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 Paris. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Paris. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Paris. 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 Paris. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Paris. See our Newspapers Page for Paris. Adding Paris to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Paris 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 (so far) for Paris was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Paris. Footnotes ...
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