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Welcome to Paris ...

Paris is located in Calvert County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Paris, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Paris is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Paris lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Paris ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 37 communities that are also named Paris - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maine, 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.

  • Bowie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowie is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,212 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <3>
  • Annapolis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • District Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Morningside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Morningside is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,279 people
  • Upper Marlboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Highland Beach
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Highland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Beach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
  • Eagle Harbor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Baywalker Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Baywalker Village is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywalker Village
  • Chaney
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chaney is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
  • Dunkirk Town Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Dunkirk Town Center is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk Town Center

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Paris ...

Looking for more information about Paris? 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 Paris, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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.<4>

From that list, the Paris post office opened in 1910. The Paris post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Paris.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Calvert, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Paris - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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