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Paris, Michigan

FieldValue
official_nameParis, Michigan
settlement_typeCensus-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
pushpin_mapMichigan#USA
pushpin_label_positionbottom
pushpin_labelParis
pushpin_map_captionLocation within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Michigan
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Mecosta
subdivision_type3Township
subdivision_name3Green
established_titleSettled
established_date1851
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km22.31
area_land_km22.23
area_water_km20.08
area_total_sq_mi0.89
area_land_sq_mi0.86
area_water_sq_mi0.03
population_as_of2020
population_footnotes
population_total271
population_density_sq_mi315.12
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
elevation_ft935
coordinates
postal_code_typeZIP code(s)
postal_code49338
area_code231
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info26-62400
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info2804350

Paris is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Green Charter Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, United States. The population was 271 at the 2020 census, the first which recorded data specifically for the community.

History

John Parish is considered the "father" of the village, having arrived in the 1850s and then platting the village in 1865. It was at first named "Parish" after him, but the name later became Paris. A fire on May 26, 1879, destroyed a large portion of the village, including records of Green Township. The Paris ZIP code, 49338, serves the northwest portion of Green Township.

Paris Park, at the northern edge of the community, was the site of the second fish hatchery in the state of Michigan. The Paris Fish Hatchery opened in 1881, and from 1913 to 1938, salmon and brown trout fingerlings were shipped by rail baggage cars in milk cans painted a distinctive red. The Works Progress Administration renovated and expanded the facility in the mid-1930s. The hatchery operated until 1964, and in 1972 was acquired by the Mecosta County Park Commission and refurbished as a park that reopened in July 1976. In 1980, students from the Mecosta-Osceola Career Center in Big Rapids built a 20 ft replica of the Eiffel Tower out of metal frames from WPA workers' beds that had been stored in barns.

Geography

Paris is in northwestern Mecosta County, slightly north of the center of Green Township. It is bordered to the east by the Muskegon River, a south-flowing tributary of Lake Michigan. Big Rapids, the Mecosta county seat, is 6 mi to the south, and Reed City is 7 mi to the north.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Paris CDP has a total area of 0.9 sqmi, of which 0.03 sqmi, or 2.94%, are water.

References

References

  1. "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "P1. Race – Paris CDP, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau.
  3. {{GNIS. 2804350. Paris Census Designated Place
  4. Romig, Walter. ''Michigan Place Names''. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1986.
  5. [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;q1=paris;rgn=full%20text;idno=bad0976.0001.001;didno=bad0976.0001.001;view=image;seq=644;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset; ''Portrait and biographical album, Mecosta Count, Mich.''] Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1883. pp. 126-127.
  6. (October 2017)
  7. {{usurped
  8. [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11875 20-Ft. Tall Eiffel Tower and 8-Ft. Tall Indian, Paris, Michigan], RoadsideAmerica.com
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