Editing Paris, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = 
| official_name      = Paris, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[list of Kentucky cities|City]]
| named_for          = [[Paris, France]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = "Thoroughbred Capital of the World"<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://paris.ky.gov| title=The City of Paris| publisher=City of Paris| access-date=November 21, 2013}}</ref>
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| image_caption      = Downtown Paris
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| map_caption        = Location of Paris in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Kentucky]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Bourbon County, Kentucky|Bourbon]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Johnny Plummer<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.wkyt.com/elections/local?configID=1394 | title= County by County Results | website= wkyt.com | publisher= [[WKYT]] | date= November 6, 2018 | access-date= November 6, 2018 | archive-date= January 5, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190105200906/https://www.wkyt.com/elections/local?configID=1394 | url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.paris.ky.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=545| title= City of Paris - Mayor| website= www.paris.ky.gov| access-date= May 27, 2015| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150528012726/http://www.paris.ky.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=545| archive-date= May 28, 2015}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1789<ref name=sos>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Paris, Kentucky". Accessed 24 September 2013.</ref>
| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2  = 1839<ref name=sos/>
| established_title3 = Reincorporated
| established_date3  = 1890<ref name=sos/>
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
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| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 20.72
| area_land_km2      = 20.58
| area_water_km2     = 0.13
| area_total_sq_mi   = 8.00
| area_land_sq_mi    = 7.95
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.05
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 10171
| population_density_km2 = 494.18
| population_density_sq_mi = 1279.85
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| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 843
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 40361-40362
| area_code          = [[Area code 859|859]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS]] code
| blank_info         = {{FIPS|21|59196}}
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2404473<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2404473}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|paris.ky.gov}}
| footnotes          = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| population_est     = 10075
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'''Paris''' is a [[Home rule|home rule-class city]] in [[Bourbon County, Kentucky]], and the [[county seat]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> It lies {{convert|18|mi}} northeast of [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] on the Stoner Fork of the [[Licking River (Kentucky)|Licking River]]. It is part of the [[Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. As of 2020, it had a population of 10,171.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2159196| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212183128/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2159196| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Paris city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=November 21, 2013}}</ref>

==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 {{convert|250|acre}} 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 [[Paris|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 [[French Revolution|revolution]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} One Frenchman was noted in a 19th-century state history as having come from [[Calcutta]], via [[Bengal]], and settled here as a schoolteacher.<ref name="shipping">[https://books.google.com/books?id=0dc_AAAAYAAJ&dq=Origin+of+name+of+Bengal%2C+KY&pg=PA294 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</ref>

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.<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA226 p. 226]. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 August 2013.</ref> It was incorporated as Paris in 1839 and again in 1890.<ref name=sos/>

African American students attended Paris Colored High School.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXVuqgc6BXsC&dq=%22paris+colored+high+school%22&pg=PA2510 |title=Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers |date=1901 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref> Paris is the "[[sister city]]" of [[Lamotte-Beuvron]] in [[France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://paris.ky.gov/SisterCity.aspx|title=Paris, KY - Sister City|website=paris.ky.gov|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|15.5|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|15.4|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.52%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1800 = 377
| 1810 = 838
| 1830 = 1219
| 1840 = 1197
| 1850 = 1384
| 1860 = 1440
| 1870 = 2655
| 1880 = 3204
| 1890 = 4218
| 1900 = 4603
| 1910 = 5859
| 1920 = 6310
| 1930 = 6204
| 1940 = 6697
| 1950 = 6912
| 1960 = 7791
| 1970 = 7823
| 1980 = 7935
| 1990 = 8730
| 2000 = 9183
| 2010 = 8553
| 2020 = 10171
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 10075
| estref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 9,183 people, 3,857 households, and 2,487 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1351.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 4,222 housing units at an average density of {{convert|621.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 84.23% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 12.71% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.35% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.38% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|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 [[Marriage|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==
[[File:ParadiseCafe.JPG|thumb|right|upright|The world's tallest three story structure]]

Between 2006 and 2008, fifteen buildings were renovated in the downtown.<ref>Note: Paris Main Street manager and tourism director Linda Stubblefield quoted in a ''Chevy Chaser Magazine'' article (October 2008).[http://www.smileypete.com]</ref>

Artistic and cultural sites and events include:
*Downtown Paris ARTWALK, an artistic event.<ref>[http://www.visitmyparisky.com/main_street/ArtWalk.html Paris, Kentucky's tourism site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615135305/http://visitmyparisky.com/main_street/ArtWalk.html |date=2009-06-15 }}</ref><ref>[http://stevewalton.name/Photos.html Photos of Paris, Kentucky] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722234633/http://stevewalton.name/Photos.html |date=2011-07-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://parisartwalk.livejournal.com/profile|title=parisartwalk - Profile|website=parisartwalk.livejournal.com|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckytourism.com/Listing/7113/|title=Custom 404 Page|website=www.kentuckytourism.com|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144648/http://www.kentuckytourism.com/Listing/7113/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Nannine Clay Wallis Arboretum]], a {{convert|4|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[arboretum]] where many trees were planted in the 1850s when the house was built.
*The Hopewell Museum, a [[Beaux-Arts architecture|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>

==Education==
Local schools in includes, [[Paris High School (Kentucky)|Paris High School]] (in the Paris Independent Schools district), and [[Bourbon County High School]] (in the Bourbon County Schools district).

==Notable people==
*[[William Patterson Alexander]] (1805–1884), missionary in [[Hawaii]]
*[[Bill Arnsparger]] (1926–2015), football coach, head coach of [[New York Giants]]
*[[Pauline Redmond Coggs]] (1912 – 2005), social worker, civil rights activist
*[[Blanton Collier]] (1906–1983), NFL coach of [[1964 NFL Championship Game|1964 champion]] [[Cleveland Browns]]
*[[Joseph Duncan (politician)|Joseph Duncan]] (1794–1844), sixth [[Governor of Illinois]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Illinois Governor Joseph Duncan | publisher = National Governors Association | url = http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_duncan_joseph.html | access-date = February 11, 2017}}</ref>
*[[John Price Durbin]] (1800–1876), Chaplain of the Senate, President of Dickinson College
*[[William Lee D. Ewing]] (1795–1846), fifth [[Governor of Illinois]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Illinois Governor William Lee Davidson Ewing  | publisher = National Governors Association | url = http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_ewing_william.html | access-date = February 11, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Lemuel T. Fisher]], newspaper publisher
*[[John Fox, Jr.]] (1862–1919), author of ''[[The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (novel)|The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come]]'' and ''[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (novel)|The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]''
*[[Silvana Gallardo]], actress and acting coach, was living in Paris at the time of her death<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/05/2016269/silvana-gallardo-actress-who-had.html|title=Silvana Gallardo, actress who had been living in Paris, Ky., dies at age 58|website=kentucky.com|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-date=June 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601000012/http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/05/2016269/silvana-gallardo-actress-who-had.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[James G. Jones (politician)|James G. Jones]] (1814–1872), first mayor of [[Evansville, Indiana]], [[Indiana Attorney General]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Monks |first1=Leander John |title=Courts and lawyers of Indiana |date=1916 |publisher=Federal Publishing Company |location=Indianapolis |url=https://archive.org/details/courtslawyersofi02monk}}</ref>
*[[Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy]] (1815–1892), poet
*[[Garrett Morgan]] (1877–1963), invented tri-state traffic signal and emergency breathing device<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/education/gamorgan.htm
|title= An American Inventor
|work= Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Futures Program
|publisher= Federal Highway Administration
|access-date= December 6, 2011
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120115032510/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/education/gamorgan.htm
|archive-date= January 15, 2012
|url-status= dead
}}</ref>
*[[Bernie Haynes Robynson]] (1900–2001), printmaker, illustrator born in Paris, Kentucky; and part of the [[Harlem Renaissance]] movement<ref name="AAVAD">{{Cite web |title=Robynson, Bernie Haynes. (b. Paris, KY, 1900; active New York, NY, 1954) |url=http://216.197.120.164/artistbibliog.cfm?id=1551 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/4472/20210305015957/http://216.197.120.164/artistbibliog.cfm?id=1551 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |website=African American Visual Artist Database (AAVAD)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hills |first=Patricia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BMiFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172 |title=Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence |date=2019-01-05 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-30550-2 |pages=172 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[George Snyder (fly reels)|George Snyder]], silversmith, clockmaker, and inventor of modern bait-casting fishing reel
*[[Robert Trimble]], [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
*[[Jim Tucker (basketball)|Jim Tucker]] (1932–2020), basketball player, attended [[Paris Western High School]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1953-03-14 |title=Former Paris Boy Is Cage Star At Duquesne |pages=20 |work=The Paducah Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118122309/former-paris-boy-is-cage-star-at/ |access-date=2023-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2020 |title=Paris Western star, Duquesne All-American Jim Tucker has died |url=https://www.wkyt.com/content/sports/Paris-Western-star-Duquesne-All-American-Jim-Tucker-has-died-570721171.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=WKYT |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Francis Marion Wood]] (1878–1943), educator and school administrator, worked in Paris<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kleber |first=John E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CcceBgAAQBAJ |title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia |date=2014-10-17 |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] |isbn=978-0-8131-5901-0 |pages=105 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[John R. Baylor]] (1822–1894), Indian agent, publisher and editor, politician, senior [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] of the [[Confederate States Army|CSA]], and 1st Governor of [[Confederate Arizona|Arizona Territory]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|url=http://www.paris.ky.gov/|name=City of Paris official website}}
* [http://www.parisky.com/ Paris-Bourbon County Chamber of Commerce]

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