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Nearest Communities to Paris,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Paris, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Paris:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Paris.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Paris is located in Bear Lake County and is the County Seat.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bear Lake County: Caribou, Franklin, Rich (UT) & Lincoln (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 74 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Paris. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Bear Lake County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Paris (which is Bear Lake County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Paris

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Bear Lake County   (where Paris resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bearlakecounty.info/
    • County Seat for Bear Lake:   Paris
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paris   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paris.
      • Bloomington
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lanark
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Lanark is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
      • Ovid
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Dingle
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Wardboro
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Liberty
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Liberty is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Bern
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Saint Charles
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Montpelier
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lifton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Lifton is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lifton
      • Sharon
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Sharon is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Bear Lake Hot Springs
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Bear Lake Hot Springs is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Lake Hot Springs
      • Continue List   (19 more) ...
        • Turnpike
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Turnpike is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
        • Alton
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Alton is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
        • Harer
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Harer is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harer
        • Bennington
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Fish Haven
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Lindsayville
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Lindsayville is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsayville
        • Glencoe
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Glencoe is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
        • Bear Lake Sands
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Bear Lake Sands is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Lake Sands
        • Pegram
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Pegram is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
        • Wooleys
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Wooleys is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooleys
        • Chausse
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Chausse is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chausse
        • Raymond
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Raymond is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
        • Georgetown
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Nounan
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Nounan is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nounan
        • Border
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Novene
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Novene is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novene
        • Giveout
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Giveout is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giveout
        • Geneva
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Manson
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Manson is located in Bear Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
  • Caribou County
    • County Website:   https://www.cariboucounty.us/
    • County Seat for Caribou:   Soda Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paris   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paris.
      • Lago
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Lago is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lago
      • Bench
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Niter
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Niter is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niter
      • Rose
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Rose is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
      • Telluride
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Telluride is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
      • Grace
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin County
    • County Website:   https://www.franklincountyidaho.org/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Preston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Paris   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Paris.
      • Glendale
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Glendale is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
      • Mink Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Mink Creek is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Creek
      • Cleveland
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Cleveland is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
      • Mound Valley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Mound Valley is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Valley
      • Thatcher
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mapleton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Mapleton is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
      • Cherryville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverdale
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Riverdale is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
      • Treasureton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Treasureton is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasureton
      • Nashville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Nashville is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Whitney
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Egypt
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Egypt is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Franklin
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Preston
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Winder
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Winder is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder
        • Banida
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Banida is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banida
        • Fairview
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Fairview is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
        • Coulam
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Coulam is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulam
        • Silver Star
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Silver Star is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Star
  • Cache County
  • Rich County
  • Lincoln County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paris) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.