Paris (community), Wisconsin

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Paris, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Paris
Coordinates: 42°38′01″N88°03′05″W / 42.63361°N 88.05139°W / 42.63361; -88.05139
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Kenosha
Town Paris
Elevation
755 ft (230 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 262
GNIS feature ID1571034 [1]

Paris is a small unincorporated community in north-central Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, located at U.S. Route 45 and Wisconsin Highway 142 in the town of Paris. [1] [2] The name was chosen by 19th century settler Seth Butler Myrick in honor of the town of his birth in Oneida County, New York. Paris is the site of the Paris Corners town cemetery. The area once had the nickname "Tar Corners", after an incident where a dispute between neighbors led to a tarring and feathering. [3] [4] A post office opened in 1845, closing in 1903. [5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Paris". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Kenosha County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ Paris Corners at placenames.com Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Kenosha County Place Names Archived May 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Blevins, Cameron; Helbock, Richard W. (2021). "US Post Offices". Blevins, Cameron; Helbock, Richard W. doi:10.7910/DVN/NUKCNA . Retrieved October 31, 2024.



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