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Introduction ...

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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Paris is located in Lamar County and is the County Seat.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lamar County: Bryan (OK), Choctaw (OK), Delta, Fannin & Red River.

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:

  • Lamar County     (The home county of Paris)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.
    • Reno
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reno have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Reno is located in Lamar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
    • Hinckley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hinckley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
      • Hinckley is located in Lamar County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hinckley
      • From Paris to Hinckley
    • Hopewell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Toco
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
      • Toco is located in Lamar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
    • Amherst
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amherst. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
      • Amherst is located in Lamar County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Amherst
      • From Paris to Amherst
    • Sun Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
      • Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Sylvan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sylvan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
      • Sylvan is located in Lamar County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sylvan
      • From Paris to Sylvan
    • Caviness
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Atlas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Atlas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
      • Atlas is located in Lamar County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Atlas
      • From Paris to Atlas
    • Camp Maxey ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Camp Maxey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Maxey
      • Camp Maxey is located in Lamar County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Camp Maxey
      • From Paris to Camp Maxey
    • Biardstown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Glory
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Brookston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
      • Brookston is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookston <3>
  • Delta County
  • Fannin County
  • Franklin County
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.
    • Tira
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tira have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
      • Tira is located in Hopkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Sulphur Bluff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Bluff
      • Sulphur Bluff is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sulphur Bluff <3>
    • Nelta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nelta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
      • Nelta is located in Hopkins County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Nelta
      • From Paris to Nelta
    • Posey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Peerless
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Dike
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Hunt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.
    • Yowell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yowell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
      • Yowell is located in Hunt County
    • Jardin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jardin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
      • Jardin is located in Hunt County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jardin
      • From Paris to Jardin
  • Red River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.
    • Detroit
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Detroit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
      • Detroit is located in Red River County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Detroit <3>
    • Liberty
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Liberty is located in Red River County
    • Addielou
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bagwell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Kanawha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kanawha. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
      • Kanawha is located in Red River County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kanawha
      • From Paris to Kanawha
    • Bogata
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sherry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Clarksville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Choctaw County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paris, with the one closest to Paris listed first.
    • Grant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Frogville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Frogville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville
      • Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Frogville
      • From Paris to Frogville
    • Hugo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Soper
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Sawyer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
      • Sawyer is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sawyer <3>
    • Virgil
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Fort Towson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Towson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Towson
      • Fort Towson is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Towson <3>

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.

  • Old City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hendricks Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Moore Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Restlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Restlawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Restlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brackeen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brackeen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brackeen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Meadowbrook Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowbrook Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowbrook Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rice Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rice Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rice Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Camp Hill Oil Field
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Hill Oil Field
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camp Hill Oil Field have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Neathery Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neathery Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neathery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (190 more) ...
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • McEwin Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McEwin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McEwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Newbether Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newbether Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newbether Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Paris had a population of 8,254 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Paris had a population of 24,872 people.

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

  • Givens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Givens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens
    • Givens is located in Lamar County
  • Reno
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reno have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
    • Reno is located in Lamar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
  • Hinckley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hinckley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
    • Hinckley is located in Lamar County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hinckley
    • From Paris to Hinckley
  • Ambia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ambia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
    • Ambia is located in Lamar County
  • Atlas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Atlas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
    • Atlas is located in Lamar County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Atlas
    • From Paris to Atlas
  • Jennings
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jennings have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
    • Jennings is located in Lamar County
  • Sylvan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sylvan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
    • Sylvan is located in Lamar County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sylvan
    • From Paris to Sylvan
  • Brookston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
    • Brookston is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookston <3>
  • Glory
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Biardstown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Emberson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emberson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emberson
    • Emberson is located in Lamar County
  • Sumner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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 the Vicinity of 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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paris.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Paris. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Paris and those printed in the larger area surrounding Paris.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<6> of Paris.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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:

The official website for Paris: www.cityofparistx.com/

The official website for Lamar County: www.co.lamar.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Paris, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paris) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paris. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6614, Longitude: -95.5564    









 

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