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Paris, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Paris Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44669. The Survey maps it on the Robertsville quadrangle. It stands 4,144 feet above sea level.

Paris within Stark County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Paris, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Paris, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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.

In the county-history sources

1,062 words on this township

Combination Atlas Map of Stark County, Ohio, Compiled, Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys, published 1875 names this settlement in its chapter on Paris Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

To tho southeast lies Paris Township. In accordance with a petition presented by Rudolph Bair, it was incorporated on tho first of April, 1818, and tbo first election was held on tho lUh of April, in tho town of Paris. Tho surface along the Black Creek to the west of tho division is comparatively level ; to tbo south- Ward bills rise lo greet tbe vision in constant succession, and they are rich in their store of mineral wealth, requiring only ibc construction of an already surveyed railroad lo develop and market their enormous deposits. The proposed railroad passes through tbo villages of Paris and Robertsville, and may yet waken ibcir dormant energies. Tho grade is easy ; the gauge is narrow ; estimated oost per mile, eight thousand dollars.

Passage source: Combination Atlas Map of Stark County, Ohio, Compiled, Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys, published 1875.

In crop' the hills and valleys allernalc according to tbo season. Near Paris, a large orchard of eight years' growth attracts attention, planted by Jacob Qcrwig, Black and Sandy Creeks drain the lands. On road croHsings guide-boards are universally found, - a favorable indication.

Passage source: Combination Atlas Map of Stark County, Ohio, Compiled, Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys, published 1875.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Paris Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Fires near this place

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Paris between 2004 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 March 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 November 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15929
4 November 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15930

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stark County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 128 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 128 specimens collected within 10 miles of Paris between 1890 and 1975: 124 Animalia, 3 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Antonio, T., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), C.R. Page and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1890Paul MorrisAlliance, near
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta viridis, not of this specimenAlasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)1890Sterki, VictorCanton
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1890Sterki, VictorCanton
A photograph of the species Strophitus undulatus, not of this specimenStrophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)1890Sterki, VictorCanton
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimenAmblema plicata (Say, 1817)1893Sterki, VictorAlliance
A photograph of the species Passerina ciris, not of this specimenPasserina ciris (Linnaeus, 1758)1905F. A. W. DeanAlliance
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Cottus bairdii, not of this specimenCottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 18501928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township

All 128 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Paris: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pleasant Valley Drive Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pleasant Valley Drive Clay PitClay, CoalPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stark County

Storms near this place

1 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paris in 1 storm report between 1998 and 1998: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Thunderstorm WindParis$2,000Trees and power lines were downed in Paris Township at Minerva.

Every storm recorded in Stark 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pleasant Valley (historical)1.4 miles18
Myers2.5 miles18
Freeburg2.6 miles18
Robertsville2.7 miles18
New Franklin3.9 miles18
Yeagleys Corners4.2 miles18
Belfort4.4 miles18
Maximo5.5 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ParisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10981622The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049058. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.