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PARIS, p-v., capital of Edgar co., Ill., 114 E. Springfield, 665 W. Situated on the borders of a rich prairie, and contains a brick court house, 9 stores, 60 dwellings, and about 350 inhabitants.  (Haskell's Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the the United States...,1840)

PARIS  A post village, capital of Edgar county, on the Terre Haute and Alton railroad, 114 miles east from Springfield. A newspaper is published here. The village is situated on the edge of a prairie which is extensively cultivated.  Daniel G. Burr, Postmaster.  (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)

Total Population 1860
1930
Latitude
39.615081
Longitude
-87.689095
Type
City or Town
County
Edgar
State
Illinois