Page Contents for Paris, Maine

Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

City Attractions

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Statistics & Facts

The Maine state capital is Augusta.
The population of Paris is approximately 2,320 (1990).
The approximate number of families is 1,029 (1990).
The amount of land area in Paris is 10.035 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.199 sq kilometers.
The distance from Paris to Washington DC is 511 miles.
The distance to the Maine state capital is 42 miles. (as the crow flies)
Paris is positioned 44.21 degrees north of the equator and 70.51 degrees west of the prime meridian.

Location

in western Maine
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History & History Related Items

A check of the history books lists Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President to Abraham Lincoln during his first term , as being from Paris.
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The incorporation of Paris

1793

Attractions

We have two U. S. Post Offices in the Town Of Paris, Paris Post Office, 04271, located at the top of Paris Hill which provides window services and post office boxes for the residents of "Paris Hill" area and the South Paris Post Office, 04281, located in the area known as "the village" which provides window services, post office boxes and delivers mail to the residences in the entire Town of Paris. Paris is the incorporated town name, but the area known as South Paris is where the majority of the businesses are located.
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