Paris, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Boulder Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52214. It stands on Boulder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prairieburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Paris within Linn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1890 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Prairieburg quadrangle1:24000
1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Paris (historical): 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Central City Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Coggon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Boddicker-Murray Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Edgerly Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Plower Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Linn County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Prairieburg	1.9 miles	14
Central City	4.1 miles	15
Waubeek	4.8 miles	14
Coggon	5.0 miles	10
Jordans Grove	5.9 miles	14
Paris	6.4 miles	15
Rogers	6.9 miles	15
Whittier	9.7 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465537. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.