Paris Cemetery (Paris, Idaho)

The Paris Cemetery in Bear Lake County, Idaho, near Paris, Idaho, was established in 1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Paris Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Photo from 2011
Location	Off U.S. Route 89, Paris, Idaho
Coordinates	42°12′48″N 111°24′25″W
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1870
MPS	Paris MRA
NRHP reference No.	82000287[1]
Added to NRHP	November 18, 1982

It was deemed significant "in the areas of landscape architecture and craft for its range of very well—worked and distinctive funerary monuments, in the area of social and humanitarian movements for its icons and arrangements illustrative of Mormon beliefs and customs, and, secondarily, in the area of local history for its commemoration of persons important to the settlement and subsequent development of Paris."[2]

It is located south of Paris, west of U.S. Route 89.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory for Group Nomination of Historic Resources of Paris: Paris Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved January 5, 2020. With accompanying three photos from 1979-80