Paradise is a city in
Wise County,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
, United States. The population was 475 in 2020.
According to tradition, the area was a cowboy's "paradise", hence the name.
In 1985, Blue Bell Ice Cream filmed a television commercial in Paradise, TX. The commercial starred some residents of the town.
Geography
Paradise is located at (33.150340, –97.688728). According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census
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, there were 475 people, 190 households, and 125 families residing in the city.
Education
The City of Paradise is served by the
Paradise Independent School District.
References
External links
Handbook of Texas Online article about Paradise, TexasOfficial City of Paradise, Texas Website
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Cities in Wise County, Texas
Cities in Texas
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex