Paris (Texas)
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 Location of Paris in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1845 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Lamar County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 40 ′ N , 95 ° 33 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 25,171 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 227.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 115.0 km 2 (approx. 44 mi 2 ) of which 110.7 km 2 (approx. 43 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 183 m |
| Postcodes : | 75460-75462 |
| Area code : | +1 903 |
| FIPS : | 48-55080 |
| GNIS ID : | 1364810 |
| Website : | www.ci.paris.tx.us |
Paris is located in east Texas , approximately 158 km northeast of Dallas , and is the county seat of Lamar County .
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1850 | 1003 | - | |
| 1860 | 1500 | 49.6% | |
| 1880 | 3980 | - | |
| 1890 | 8254 | 107.4% | |
| 1900 | 9358 | 13.4% | |
| 1910 | 11,269 | 20.4% | |
| 1920 | 15,040 | 33.5% | |
| 1930 | 15,649 | 4% | |
| 1940 | 18,678 | 19.4% | |
| 1950 | 21,643 | 15.9% | |
| 1960 | 20,977 | -3.1% | |
| 1970 | 23,441 | 11.7% | |
| 1980 | 25,498 | 8.8% | |
| 1990 | 24,799 | -2.7% | |
| 2000 | 25,898 | 4.4% | |
| 2010 | 25.171 | -2.8% | |
| 1850-2000, 2010 | |||
The film Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders is named after this city, although neither the plot of the film takes place there nor a scene was recorded there.
In Paris there is a scaled-down replica of the Eiffel Tower , on which a typical red cowboy hat has been sitting since 1998.
Paris was a center of cotton cultivation and trade in the 20th century, not least due to its convenient location on a northbound traffic axis from San Antonio (which crosses the Red River near Paris ) and a central intersection of several railway lines. Although cotton is still grown today, its economic importance has declined significantly. Today the two hospitals responsible for the surrounding region are the city's most important employers.
Paris was named "Best Small Town in Texas" by Kevin Heubusch in his 1998 book The New Rating Guide to Life in America's Small Cities .
sons and daughters of the town
- Richard Fullbright (1901–1962), jazz musician
- John Osteen (1921–1999), founder of Lakewood Church
- Joel Helleny (1956–2009), jazz musician
- William H. Hill (1930–2000), composer and music teacher
- Kenneth McDuff (1946–1998), serial killer who wrote criminal history as a "broomstick killer"
- Shangela Laquifa Wadley (born 1981), drag queen and reality TV personality
- John Morris (* 1984), voice actor
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012
