Do you know of Paris ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Paris. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Paris.<1>
We found mention of Paris as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Linn County, Kansas.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 and closed in 1870.
Communities Also Named Paris ...
We found 37 communities that share the name Paris.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Paris.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 35 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Lincoln County
- Shawnee County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Paris [Los Angeles County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Bear Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Paris [Bear Lake County].
- Illinois
- Edgar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Paris [Edgar County].
- Indiana
- Jennings County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Paris [Jennings County].
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Bourbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Paris [Bourbon County].
- Maine
- Oxford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Paris [Oxford County].
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Paris [Calvert County].
- Michigan
- Mecosta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Paris [Mecosta County].
- Mississippi
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Paris [Lafayette County].
- Missouri
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Paris [Monroe County].
- Montana
- McCone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Paris [McCone County].
- New Hampshire
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Paris [Coos County].
- New York
- Oneida County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Paris [Oneida County].
- North Carolina
- Anson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Paris [Anson County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Paris.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Paris [Washington County].
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Paris [Greenville County].
- Spartanburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Paris [Spartanburg County].
- Tennessee
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Paris [Henry County].
- Texas
- Lamar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Paris [Lamar County].
- Virginia
- Fauquier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Paris [Fauquier County].
- Wisconsin
- Kenosha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Paris [Kenosha County].
- Yukon
- Please visit our profile page for the Yukon community of Paris.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Paris ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Paris:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Linn County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Linn County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |