Paris, Kentucky

Paris, Kentucky
City
Downtown Paris
Downtown Paris
Motto: 
"Thoroughbred Capital of the World"[1]
Location of Paris in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Location of Paris in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Coordinates: 38°12′23″N 84°15′28″W / 38.20639°N 84.25778°W / 38.20639; -84.25778
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBourbon
Established1789[2]
Incorporated1839[2]
Reincorporated1890[2]
Named forParis, France
Government
 • MayorJohnny Plummer[3][4]
Area
[5]
 • Total
8.00 sq mi (20.72 km2)
 • Land7.95 sq mi (20.58 km2)
 • Water0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation
[6]
843 ft (257 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
10,171
 • Estimate 
(2022)[7]
10,075
 • Density1,279.85/sq mi (494.18/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
40361-40362
Area code859
FIPS code21-59196
GNIS feature ID2404473[6]
Websiteparis.ky.gov

Paris is a home rule-class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and the county seat.[8] It lies 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Lexington on the Stoner Fork of the Licking River. It is part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2020, it had a population of 10,171.[9]

History

Joseph Houston settled a station in the area in 1776, but was forced to relocate due to prior land grants. In 1786, Lawrence Protzman purchased the area of present-day Paris from its owners, platted 250 acres (100 ha) for a town, and offered land for public buildings in exchange for the Virginia legislature making the settlement the seat of the newly formed Bourbon County. In 1789, the town was formally established as Hopewell after Hopewell, New Jersey, his hometown. The next year, it was renamed Paris after the French capital to match its county and honor the French assistance during the American Revolution.

Among the early settlers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries were French refugees who had fled the excesses of their own revolution.[citation needed] One Frenchman was noted in a 19th-century state history as having come from Calcutta, via Bengal, and settled here as a schoolteacher.[10]

The post office was briefly known as Bourbontown or Bourbonton in the early 19th century, but there is no evidence that this name was ever formally applied to the town itself.[11] It was incorporated as Paris in 1839 and again in 1890.[2]

African American students attended Paris Colored High School.[12] Paris is the "sister city" of Lamotte-Beuvron in France.[13]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.0 square miles (15.5 km2), of which 5.9 square miles (15.4 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.52%, is water.[9]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1800377—
1810838122.3%
18301,219—
18401,197−1.8%
18501,38415.6%
18601,4404.0%
18702,65584.4%
18803,20420.7%
18904,21831.6%
19004,6039.1%
19105,85927.3%
19206,3107.7%
19306,204−1.7%
19406,6977.9%
19506,9123.2%
19607,79112.7%
19707,8230.4%
19807,9351.4%
19908,73010.0%
20009,1835.2%
20108,553−6.9%
202010,17118.9%
2022 (est.)10,075[14]−0.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[15]

As of the census[16] of 2000, there were 9,183 people, 3,857 households, and 2,487 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,351.2 people per square mile (521.7 people/km2). There were 4,222 housing units at an average density of 621.2 units per square mile (239.8 units/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 84.23% White, 12.71% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 1.35% from other races, and 1.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.62% of the population.

There were 3,857 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 16.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.5% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,872, and the median income for a family was $37,358. Males had a median income of $29,275 versus $21,285 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,645. About 17.5% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.2% of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

The world's tallest three story structure

Between 2006 and 2008, fifteen buildings were renovated in the downtown.[17]

Artistic and cultural sites and events include:

  • Downtown Paris ARTWALK, an artistic event.[18][19][20][21]
  • Nannine Clay Wallis Arboretum, a 4-acre (16,000 m2) arboretum where many trees were planted in the 1850s when the house was built.
  • The Hopewell Museum, a Beaux Arts structure built in 1909 which served as the area's first post office.
  • Duncan Tavern, a stone structure built in 1788, which houses a genealogical collection.
  • The Vardens Building, a Victorian architecture building which contained a surgeon and dental office, and a ballroom, and is now a retail space.
  • The Shinner Building, built in 1891, listed by Ripley's Believe It or Not! as the world's tallest three-story structure.

Paris has a public library, the Paris-Bourbon County Library.[22]

Education

Local schools in includes, Paris High School (in the Paris Independent Schools district), and Bourbon County High School (in the Bourbon County Schools district).

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "The City of Paris". City of Paris. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Paris, Kentucky". Accessed 24 September 2013.
  3. ^ "County by County Results". wkyt.com. WKYT. November 6, 2018. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "City of Paris - Mayor". www.paris.ky.gov. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  6. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paris, Kentucky
  7. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  8. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Paris city, Kentucky". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  10. ^ William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, "Embracing a Concise Account of the Origin and Development of the Virginia Colony, Its Expansion Westward, and the Settlement of the Frontier Beyond the Alleghanies : the Erection of Kentucky as an Independent State, and Its Subsequent Development", Adair County (Ky.): F. A. Battey, 1887, p. 294
  11. ^ Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 226. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 August 2013.
  12. ^ Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1901.
  13. ^ "Paris, KY - Sister City". paris.ky.gov. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  14. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  15. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  16. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  17. ^ Note: Paris Main Street manager and tourism director Linda Stubblefield quoted in a Chevy Chaser Magazine article (October 2008).[1]
  18. ^ Paris, Kentucky's tourism site Archived 2009-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Photos of Paris, Kentucky Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "parisartwalk - Profile". parisartwalk.livejournal.com. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  21. ^ "Custom 404 Page". www.kentuckytourism.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  22. ^ "Kentucky Public Library Directory". Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  23. ^ "Illinois Governor Joseph Duncan". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  24. ^ "Illinois Governor William Lee Davidson Ewing". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  25. ^ "Silvana Gallardo, actress who had been living in Paris, Ky., dies at age 58". kentucky.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  26. ^ Monks, Leander John (1916). Courts and lawyers of Indiana. Indianapolis: Federal Publishing Company.
  27. ^ "An American Inventor". Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Futures Program. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on January 15, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  28. ^ "Robynson, Bernie Haynes. (b. Paris, KY, 1900; active New York, NY, 1954)". African American Visual Artist Database (AAVAD). Archived from the original on March 5, 2021.
  29. ^ Hills, Patricia (January 5, 2019). Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence. University of California Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-520-30550-2.
  30. ^ "Former Paris Boy Is Cage Star At Duquesne". The Paducah Sun. March 14, 1953. p. 20. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  31. ^ "Paris Western star, Duquesne All-American Jim Tucker has died". WKYT. May 23, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  32. ^ Kleber, John E. (October 17, 2014). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8131-5901-0.

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