Paradise, Missouri

Paradise, Missouri
unincorporated community
Paradise is located in Missouri
Paradise
Paradise
Paradise is located in the United States
Paradise
Paradise
Coordinates: 39°25′44″N 94°30′46″W / 39.42889°N 94.51278°W / 39.42889; -94.51278
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
ClayClay
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.40 sq mi (1.03 km2)
 • Land0.40 sq mi (1.03 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
932 ft (284 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
75
 • Density187.97/sq mi (72.62/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP code
64089
FIPS code29-56126
GNIS feature ID2806392[2]

Paradise is an unincorporated community in northwest Clay County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[2] The community lies between the two arms of the Smithville Lake on the Little Platte River. The city of Smithville lies across the lake to the southwest. The community is located along Missouri Route W about four miles southeast of Trimble in adjacent Clinton County.[3]

History

In 1832, the US Government deeded 40 acres (16 ha) of land at this location to Mr. Pleasant Gentry. The land was sold in 1850 to John Gosney, who surveyed the land. The developing town was named "Gosneyville". Gosneyville was renamed "Paradise" circa 1884.[2]

A post office called Paradise was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1907.[4] The community was so named for the many churches in town relative to its small size.[5]

Paradise was featured in the 1998 film The Dentist 2. In the film the titular dentist, Doctor Alan Feinstone, travels to Paradise after escaping the psychiatric hospital he was being held in after the events of the first film.[6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202075—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paradise, Missouri
  3. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p.27, ISBN 0899332242
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "Clay County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Towlson, Jon (March 13, 2014). Subversive Horror Cinema: Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present. McFarland. p. 195. ISBN 978-1476615332. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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