Paris

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Paris

Total population

562

Median home value

$267,300

23.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$95,000

Paris$95k

National$74k

Founded

1863

Elevation1818 m

Land area9.1 km²

Weather68°F · Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates42.23°, -111.40°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Paris is a city in and the county seat of Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States. Located on the western side of the Bear Lake Valley, the city's population was 541 at the 2020 census. Paris was settled on September 26, 1863, by pioneer settlers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Paris, ID from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Arthur Shepherd

American composer and conductor (1880–1958)

Charles H. Hart

American Mormon leader

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Edward L. Hart

American poet (1916-2008)

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Walter L. Budge

American politician (1906-1961)

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Franklin "Frank" Thomas Pomeroy

American politician

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C. Lynn Hayward

American biologist

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Oliver Bake Piggott

American soldier (1920-2006)

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Ed Lawrence

American actor (1866–1937)

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Edwin Lowell Shepherd

American naturalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Idaho

• Bloomington
  2.6 mi away
• St. Charles
  8 mi away
• Montpelier
  8.6 mi away
• Bennington
  11.4 mi away · pop. 92
• Georgetown
  17.5 mi away · pop. 739
• Franklin
  25.4 mi away · pop. 1,034
• Preston
  26.1 mi away · pop. 5,928
• Grace
  29.2 mi away · pop. 1,349
• Clifton
  30.9 mi away · pop. 788
• Dayton
  30.9 mi away · pop. 500
• Soda Springs
  31.1 mi away · pop. 3,158
• Oxford
  31.6 mi away · pop. 49

Browse all places in Idaho →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Paris

Paris, a look at Idaho architecture

Lisa B. Reitzes · 1981

Jenny's dream

Linda Weaver Clarke · 2009

Hemingway's Paris in Our Time

Milton A. Cohen · 2004

Edith and the mysterious stranger

Linda Weaver Clarke · 2008

Geology and Gold Mineralization of the South Pass Granite-Greenstone Terrain, Western Wyoming

W. Dan Hausel · 1985

Ernest Hemingway

James M. Hutchisson · 2016

Ezra Pound

Frederik Hetmann · 1992

James H. Wallis

Gloria W. Rytting · 1989

Search results from Open Library.