Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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.

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We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

• That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
• We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
• On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Paris (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Paris. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of 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 included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Paris is historic, it would have been located within present day Malheur County.

To see how the shape of Oregon's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Malheur County: Canyon (ID), Owyhee (ID), Payette (ID), Washington (ID), Humboldt (NV), Baker, Grant & Harney.

Below are the counties that are near Paris. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paris:

• Malheur County     (The home county of Paris)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.
  • Vale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
    • Vale is located in Malheur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,806 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vale <2>
  • Harper
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • Harper is located in Malheur County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harper <2>
  • Nyssa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
    • Nyssa is located in Malheur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <2>
  • Owyhee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owyhee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
    • Owyhee is located in Malheur County
  • Jamieson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamieson
    • Jamieson is located in Malheur County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamieson <2>
  • Ontario
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ontario have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
    • Ontario is located in Malheur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <2>
  • Adrian
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
    • Adrian is located in Malheur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <2>
  • Westfall ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall
    • Westfall is located in Malheur County
  • Brogan
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogan
    • Brogan is located in Malheur County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brogan <2>
• Baker County
  • Huntington
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Huntington is located in Baker County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <2>
• Canyon County (ID)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.
  • Apple Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
    • Apple Valley is located in Canyon County (ID)
  • Parma
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Parma is located in Canyon County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <2>
  • Roswell
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
    • Roswell is located in Canyon County (ID)
  • Wilder
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
    • Wilder is located in Canyon County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,812 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilder <2>
  • Sand Hollow
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
    • Sand Hollow is located in Canyon County (ID)
  • Notus
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notus
    • Notus is located in Canyon County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notus <2>
• Owyhee County (ID)
  • Homedale
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homedale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homedale
    • Homedale is located in Owyhee County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,830 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homedale <2>
• Payette County (ID)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.
  • Fruitland
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Fruitland is located in Payette County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,568 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitland <2>
  • Washoe
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
    • Washoe is located in Payette County (ID)
  • Buckingham
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
    • Buckingham is located in Payette County (ID)
  • Payette
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payette
    • Payette is located in Payette County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,012 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payette <2>
  • New Plymouth
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Plymouth
    • New Plymouth is located in Payette County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,609 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Plymouth <2>
• Washington County (ID)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.
  • Eaton
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
    • Eaton is located in Washington County (ID)
  • Weiser
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiser
    • Weiser is located in Washington County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,463 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weiser <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paris, see our County-by-County Page for Paris.

Cemeteries Near Paris ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paris.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paris covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.

• Valley View Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Pioneer Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Harper Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harper Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Nyssa Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nyssa Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nyssa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Owyhee Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owyhee Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Owyhee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Dell Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dell Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Johns Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Evergreen Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
• Westfall Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westfall Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westfall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Washoe Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washoe Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Parma Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parma Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80597 <5>
• Roswell Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roswell Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80631 <5>
• Continue List   (14 more) ...
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Payette (ID).
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80623 <5>
  • Brogan Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brogan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brogan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Parkview Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parkview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parkview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Paris in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Paris.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.

• Vale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
  • Vale is located in Malheur County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,806 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vale <2>
• Owyhee
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owyhee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
  • Owyhee is located in Malheur County
• Nyssa
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
  • Nyssa is located in Malheur County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <2>
• Dell ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
  • Dell is located in Malheur County
• Ontario
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ontario have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
  • Ontario is located in Malheur County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <2>
• Westfall ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall
  • Westfall is located in Malheur County
• Parma
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
  • Parma is located in Canyon County (ID)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <2>
• Payette
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payette
  • Payette is located in Payette County (ID)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,012 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payette <2>
• Weiser
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiser
  • Weiser is located in Washington County (ID)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,463 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weiser <2>
• Huntington
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Huntington is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paris. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paris.

Newspapers Published in Paris ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paris.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paris, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paris.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Paris:

• Websites specific to Oregon
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Oregon State Archives

• Pages specific to Malheur County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Baker County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Canyon County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Owyhee County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Payette County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Washington County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Cemeteries of Malheur County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Oregon
  • Cemeteries of Malheur County

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Malheur County: www.malheurco.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/