Editing Paris, Tennessee

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'''Paris''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Henry County, Tennessee]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|access-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref> As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 10,316.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4756720| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Paris city, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=February 1, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213101320/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4756720| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

A {{convert|70|ft|adj=on}} replica of the [[Eiffel Tower]] stands in the southern part of Paris.

==History==
The present site of Paris was selected by five commissioners appointed to the task of choosing a county seat at the December 1822 session of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Henry County. Their choice was a {{convert|50|acre|adj=on}} site, of which {{convert|37.5|acre}} were owned by Joseph Blythe and {{convert|12.5|acre}} owned by Peter Ruff; both men donated the land to the county to have the seat there. A public square, streets, alleys, and 104 lots were laid off, and the lots were sold at auction over a two-day period in either March or April 1823.<ref name="johnson">{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=E. McLeod|title=A History of Henry County Tennessee, Volume 1|year=1958}}</ref>

Paris was incorporated on September 30, 1823. It was the first town incorporated in [[West Tennessee]], followed by [[Lexington, Tennessee|Lexington]] on October 9, 1824, and [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] on December 19, 1826.<ref name="johnson" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Goodspeed Publishing Co., ''History of Tennessee, 1886 History of Henderson County'' |url=http://www.tngenweb.org/goodspeed/henderson/|access-date=July 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Memphis History and Facts|url=http://www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us/history/memphis2.htm|access-date=July 29, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927040837/http://www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us/history/memphis2.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> The city was named after [[Paris]], in honor of the [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]], a hero of the American Revolutionary War.<ref name=chamberhistory />

As the county seat, Paris was a center of trade for the rural county, which was largely devoted to agriculture and particularly the cultivation of cotton as a commodity crop. The planters depended on a large workforce of enslaved African Americans.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} In 1927, a man named [[Lynching of Joseph Upchurch|Joseph Upchurch]] was lynched in Paris.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMsZAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA19 |page=19 |newspaper=[[Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life]] |title=The Law's Too Slow |date=January 1928}}</ref><ref>To put the lynching of Joseph Upchurch in perspective, the [https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/lynching/ Tennessee Encyclopedia] says that between 1882 and 1930, Tennessee had 214 confirmed lynch victims (an average of 4-5 per year). 37 victims were white, and 177 were African American.</ref>

Between about 1970 and 1990, Paris became the center of the [[Old Beachy Amish]]. Beachy Amish from different regions moved there to maintain their traditional ways. Because of internal conflicts, most Old Beachy Amish left the region in the early 1990s and had completely vacated it by 2000.<ref>[http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Midwest_Beachy_Amish_Mennonite_Church ''Midwest Beachy Amish Mennonite Church''] at [[Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online]]</ref>

Since the American Civil War, Paris has had an African American community of around 15%.  Prior to the early 1960s, young black children attended segregated schools.  But beginning in the 1960s, the town of Paris worked in conjunction with Henry County to consolidate all schools, busing all children from the periphery of the county to consolidated, integrated schools in Paris.  The process was largely peaceful.  Also beginning in the 1960s, there was a gradual process of integration of the races in business around the town, also largely peaceful.

==Geography==
Paris is located just south of the center of Henry County at {{coord|36|18|4|N|88|18|50|W|type:city}} (36.301229, -88.313815).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 641]] passes through the city center as Market Street, leading north {{convert|21|mi}} to [[Murray, Kentucky]], and southeast {{convert|22|mi}} to [[Camden, Tennessee|Camden]]. [[U.S. Route 79]] passes southeast of the city center as Tyson Avenue and Wood Street; it leads northeast {{convert|62|mi}} to [[Clarksville, Tennessee|Clarksville]] and southwest {{convert|16|mi}} to [[McKenzie, Tennessee|McKenzie]]. [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], the state capital, is {{convert|86|mi}} to the east in a straight line and {{convert|113|mi}} by the quickest road route, via Clarksville.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Paris has a total area of {{convert|33.7|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|33.6|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.1|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 0.27%, is covered by water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The city is drained primarily to the east, by tributaries of West Sandy Creek, flowing to the [[Tennessee River]] in [[Kentucky Lake]]. The southwest corner of the city drains to the Middle Fork of the [[Obion River]], a west-flowing tributary of the [[Mississippi River]].

===Climate===
The climate of Paris is [[Humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa'') with mild winters and hot summers. Under the [[Trewartha climate classification]], it is a temperate oceanic (''Do'') climate because only 7 months of the Paris year have a mean daily temperature of 50&nbsp;°F (10&nbsp;°C) or higher.

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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 1767
|1890= 1917
|1900= 2018
|1910= 3881
|1920= 4730
|1930= 8164
|1940= 6395
|1950= 8826
|1960= 9325
|1970= 9892
|1980= 10728
|1990= 9332
|2000= 9763
|2010= 10156
|2020= 10316
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
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===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Paris racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4756720&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 8, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|7,547
|73.16%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,723
|16.7%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|26
|0.25%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|131
|1.27%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|602
|5.84%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|287
|2.78%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 10,316 people, 4,335 households, and 2,556 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 10,156 people, 4,394 households, and 2,605 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|897.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,965 housing units at an average density of {{convert|456.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 76.99% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 19.25% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.34% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.64% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.42% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.34% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.63% of the population.

There were 4,394 households, out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families. 36.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.77.

In the city, the ages of population were nearly equally distributed, with 22.94% under the age of 18, 55.89% from 18 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 81.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,261, and the median income for a family was $32,258. Males had a median income of $27,759 versus $20,198 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,572. About 14.1% of families and 19.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.6% of those under age 18 and 20.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Industry==
Local companies  manufacture brakes, small electric motors, aftermarket auto parts, metal doors, rubber parts, school laboratory furniture and Ready to Eat Foods.<ref name=ParisCoC>{{cite web |url=http://www.paristnchamber.com/industry.htm |title=Paris, Tennessee - Paris-Henry Co. Chamber of Commerce |access-date=February 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812132954/http://www.paristnchamber.com/industry.htm |archive-date=August 12, 2007 }} Paris, TN Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved on February 17, 2008.</ref>

==Culture==
[[File:Catfish welcome to paris tennessee 11-09-2007.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Welcome sign along [[U.S. Route 79|US 79]]]]

===Eiffel Tower===
{{Main|Eiffel Tower (Paris, Tennessee)}}

Constructed by students at [[Christian Brothers University]] in the early 1990s, the Eiffel Tower was installed in Eiffel Tower Park. The original {{convert|65|ft|adj=on}} wooden tower was later replaced with a {{convert|70|ft|adj=on}} metal structure. The tower is a [[scale model]] of the [[Eiffel Tower]] in [[Paris]].<ref name="chamber">{{cite web| url =http://www.paristnchamber.com/eiffeltower.htm| title =Eiffel Tower| publisher =Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce| access-date =March 28, 2008| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070930003508/http://www.paristnchamber.com/eiffeltower.htm| archive-date =September 30, 2007}}</ref>

Eiffel Tower Park provides [[tennis court]]s, a public Olympic-sized swimming pool, soccer fields, two walking trails, two children's playgrounds with pavilions, a splash pad, and a [[frisbee golf]] course.

===Arts===
Paris is known for its support of the arts. Many large events of musical nature take place in the city's [[auditorium]], the [[Krider Performing Arts Center]]. Known as "KPAC", the building is attached to the city's public elementary school, Paris Elementary.  Additionally, the Paris-Henry County Arts Council hosts artistic events throughout the year, including Arts 'Round the Square and an annual photography showcase.  The Paris Academy for the Arts offers classes and workspace for local artists.

==Sports==
From 1922 to 1924, Paris was home to a [[Minor League Baseball]] team that played in the [[Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League ]] as the [[Paris Travelers]] (1922) and the [[Paris Parisians (KITTY League)|Paris Parisians]] (1923–1924).<ref name=BRcity>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Paris&state=TN&country=US|title=Paris, Tennessee Encyclopedia|work=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref> HCHS Football team has won the 5A State Championship twice.

==Notable people== 
* [[John Hall Buchanan, Jr.]] — [[U.S. representative|Representative]] of [[Alabama's 6th Congressional District]], [[United States House of Representatives|U. S. House of Representatives]] 1965–1981, and in other political positions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Buchanan, John Hall, Jr.|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001008|access-date=August 25, 2012}}</ref>
* [[John Wesley Crockett]] — [[United States House of Representatives|U. S. House of Representatives]] 1837–1841, Attorney General of the Ninth Judicial District of Tennessee 1841-1843<ref>{{cite web|title=Crockett, John Wesley|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000920|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Rattlesnake Annie|Rosan "Rattlesnake Annie" Gallimore]] — country musician<ref name="hnrycty">{{cite web|title=Henry County|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=621|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rattlesnake Annie|website=[[AllMusic]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rattlesnake-annie-mn0001603291|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Edwin Wiley Grove]] — established Paris Medicine Company 1886, endowed E. W. Grove High School 1906<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Edwin Wiley Grove|url=http://ewgrove.com/groveleg/ewdex.htm|access-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Isham G. Harris]] — [[Tennessee Senate|Tennessee State Senate]] 1847, [[United States House of Representatives|U. S. House of Representatives]] 1848–1852, [[Governor of Tennessee|Tennessee governor]] 1857–1862, [[United States Senate]] 1877–1897, [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] 1893-1895<ref>{{cite web|title=Isham Green Harris|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=608|access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>
* [[John Hudson (American football)|John Hudson]] - son of Richard "Bill" Hudson and professional football player, played for Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens in 2000, played for championship team at Auburn in college.
* [[Howell Edmunds Jackson]] — [[Tennessee House of Representatives]] 1880–1881, [[United States Senate]] 1881–1886, Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit 1886–1891, Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Appeals 1891–1893, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1893-95<ref>{{cite web|title=JACKSON, Howell Edmunds, (1832 - 1895)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=j000014|access-date=March 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Howell E. Jackson, 1893-1895|url=http://www.supremecourthistory.org/history-of-the-court/associate-justices/howell-jackson-1893-1895/|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Vernon Jarrett]] — political activist, social commentator and ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''{{'}}s first African-American syndicated columnist<ref>{{cite news|last=Lamb|first=Yvonne|title=Vernon Jarrett, 84; Journalist, Crusader|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53239-2004May24.html|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=July 27, 2011|date=May 25, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Mordecai Wyatt Johnson]] — a preacher and the first black president of [[Howard University]], serving 1926–1960
* [[Bobby Jones (singer)|Bobby Jones]] — gospel musician<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby Jone Radio Show|url=http://www.sgnthelight.com/showdj.asp?DJID=22251|access-date=July 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723153042/http://www.sgnthelight.com/showdj.asp?DJID=22251|archive-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Cherry Jones]] — actress, [[Tony Award]] for Best Actress in a Play 1991- (nominee, ''Our Country's Good''), 1995 (winner, ''The Heiress''), 2000 (nominee, ''A Moon for the Misbegotten''), 2005 (winner, ''Doubt''); Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1995 (winner - ''The Heiress''), 1998 (winner, ''Pride's Crossing''), 2005 (winner, ''Doubt)'', 2006 (nominee, ''Faith Healer'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Cherry Jones|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=47147|access-date=August 22, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Merle Kilgore]] — country musician, songwriter, manager <ref name="hnrycty" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Merle Kilgore|website=[[AllMusic]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/merle-kilgore-mn0000413210|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Chick King|Charles Gilbert "Chick" King]] — outfielder, Detroit Tigers 1954–56, Chicago Cubs 1958-59 and St. Louis Cardinals 1959,<ref>{{cite web|title=About Chick King|url=http://www.sportsmemorabilia.com/player/Chick_King|access-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref> first two-sport professional athlete
* [[Keith Lancaster]] — singer, songwriter, and founder of The Acappella Company,
* [[Vernon McGarity]] — Congressional Medal of Honor 1946<ref name="hnrycty" />
* [[Bobby Olive]]   — former [[NFL]] [[wide receiver]] for the [[Indianapolis Colts]]
* [[James D. Porter]] — Judge of the 12th Judicial Circuit of Tennessee (1870–1874), [[Governor of Tennessee|Tennessee governor]] 1875–1879, president of the [[Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway|Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad Company]] 1880–1884, [[United States Assistant Secretary of State|Assistant Secretary of State]] under President [[Grover Cleveland]] 1885–1887, [[United States Ambassador to Chile|Minister to Chile]] under President Grover Cleveland 1893–1895, Chancellor of the [[University of Nashville]] 1901, President of [[Peabody College|Peabody Normal College]] 1902, later President of those two schools' merging ([[Peabody College|George Peabody College]]) until 1909<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennessee Governor James Davis Porter|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_tennessee/col2-content/main-content-list/title_porter_james.html|access-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=James Davis Porter|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1074|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Clarke Rye]] — Attorney General of the 13th Judicial District, [[Governor of Tennessee|Tennessee governor]] 1915–1919, Chancellor of the 8th Chancery Court of Tennessee 1922-1942<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennessee Governor Thomas Clarke Rye|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_tennessee/col2-content/main-content-list/title_rye_thomas.html|access-date=June 2, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Edward H. Tarrant]] — Representative of [[Red River County, Texas]] in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] September–December 1837, Chief Justice of Red River County, Texas 1838, Brigadier General of Fourth Brigade Northeast Texas Defenders, Texas House of Representatives 1849–1853, namesake of [[Tarrant County, Texas]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tarrant, Edward H.|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fta11|access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Stephen M. Veazey]] — president, [[Community of Christ]] 2005–present<ref>{{cite web|title=STEPHEN M. VEAZEY|url=http://www.cofchrist.org/bio/current/Veazey-Steve.asp|access-date=July 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080513195252/http://www.cofchrist.org/bio/current/Veazey-Steve.asp|archive-date=May 13, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Hank Williams Jr.]] — Country musician, has a home "near Paris"<ref>{{cite web|author=Tamara Saviano |url=http://www.countryweekly.com/magazine/vault/hank-williams-jr-son-gun-1997 |title=Hank Williams Jr.: Son of a Gun! (1997) |work=[[Country Weekly]] |date=April 9, 2010 |access-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Felix Zollicoffer]] — Tennessee State Printer 1835, Comptroller of the Tennessee State Treasury 1845–1849, [[Tennessee Senate|Tennessee State Senate]] 1849–1852, [[United States House of Representatives|U. S. House of Representatives]] 1853–1859, Brigadier General, Confederate States Army<ref>{{cite web|title=Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=z000012|access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Gin Cooley]] — Model
* [[Jim Cullivan]] — football coach, born and died in Paris

==Paris/Henry County media==
;Radio stations
* [[WHNY (AM)|WHNY]] AM/1000
* [[W248BK]] FM/97.5
* [[WHNY-FM]] FM/104.7
* [[WLZK]] FM/94.1 - "94.1 The Lake"
* [[WRQR-FM]] FM/105.5  - KF99-KQ105
* [[WENK-WTPR|WTPR]] AM/710 - WENK-WTPR
* [[WENK-WTPR|WTPR]] FM/101.7

;Newspapers
* ''The Paris Post-Intelligencer''

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Paris (Tennessee)}}
* {{Official website|http://paristn.gov/}}
* See the Citizendium article on [[Citizendium:Paris, Tennessee|Paris, Tennessee]] for a more extensive history of the town.

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