Paris (community), Wisconsin

Paris is a small unincorporated community in north-central Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, located at U.S. Route 45 and Wisconsin Highway 142 in the town of Paris.[1][2] The name was chosen by 19th century settler Seth Butler Myrick in honor of the town of his birth in Oneida County, New York. Paris is the site of the Paris Corners town cemetery. The area once had the nickname "Tar Corners", after an incident where a dispute between neighbors led to a tarring and feathering.[3][4]

Paris, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°38′01″N 88°03′05″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Kenosha
Town	Paris
Elevation	755 ft (230 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	262
GNIS feature ID	1571034[1]

Notes

1. "Paris". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Kenosha County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
3. Paris Corners at placenames.com Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
4. Kenosha County Place Names Archived May 30, 2008^{[Date mismatch]}, at the Wayback Machine