Paris
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county seat of Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Bourbon
- Named after
- Paris, France
- Mayor
- Johnny Plummer
- Total
- 8.00 sq mi (20.72 km )
- Land
- 7.95 sq mi (20.58 km )
- Water
- 0.050 sq mi (0.13 km )
- Elevation
- 843 ft (257 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 10,075
- Density
- 1,279.9/sq mi (494.18/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 40361-40362
- Fips code
- 21-59196
- Website
- paris .ky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Paris is a home rule–class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and the county seat. It lies 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Lexington on the Stoner Fork of the Licking River. It is part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2020, it had a population of 10,171.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.