Paris is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Linn County,

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, United States. It is located at the intersections of Sutton Road and County Highway D66 (Paris Road) near the banks of the

Wapsipinicon River The Wapsipinicon River (, locally known as the Wapsi) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 starting ...

. It is northwest of Central City and southwest of Coggon, at 42.238459N, −91.578187W.

History

The first white settlers in the area around Paris were the James Lytle family, in 1841. Paris was founded and staked out on the west side of the

, in sections 19 and 20 of Jackson Township, in 1845. A school was established just west of Paris in 1850.Brewer, L.A. and Wick, B.L.(1911). ''History of Linn County, Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time'', v. 1. Pioneer Publishing Company p. 285. . The Upper Paris Bridge, which brings Sutton Road over the Wapsipinicon River, was built as a wagon bridge in 1879. It survives and is listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

. Paris is named after the capital in France. The Iowa Exposition of 1889 was held in Paris.Historical and Statistical Information Iowa Columbian Commission (1893/2009). ''A Hand Book of Iowa: Or the Discovery, Settlement, Geographical Location, Topography, Natural Resources, Geology, Climatology, Commercial Facilities, Agricultural Productiveness, Manufacturing Advantages, Educational Interests, Healthfulness, Government''. Cornell University Library, p. 132. .

Notable person

Former

United States Senator The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 U.S. state, states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. Party affiliation Independent Senators Angus King of Maine and Berni ...

Richard C. Clark (1973–1979) was born in Paris in 1929.Ahern, Dale A. (1974) ''Iowa Official Register'' 1973-1974, no. 55. Iowa Superintendent of Printing, p. 24. ASIN B000EEJLUM.

References

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