Andrew Jackson bought this land from the Chickasaw Indians, and Paris, in 1823, became the first incorporated town in West Tennessee. Folklore is that the three men who drew off the first town boundaries each put a name in a hat, and the winner was Paris, apparently submitted in honor of the visit to Tennessee at the time of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution. Paris has taken its French heritage seriously: the city flag is the French Tricole emblazoned with the city seal. Instead of the key to the city, it awards a certificate of ""Marquis de Paris,"" and one of its proudest possessions is a 60-foot model of the Eiffel Tower. Most of the buildings on the park-like court square date from about 1900, and owners have deliberately retained the ornate facades. Visitors tell us we have the most attractive downtown of any small city around. Historic authenticity is a valued attribute, so that Paris has become a mecca for antique hunters. Some of the South's largest antique malls can be found in downtown Paris.
Funeral services for Henry Wells Winsett, of Bruceton, formerly of Paris, age 93, were held Wednesday, July 21, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Bruceton Funeral Home with Charlie Cate officiating.
A bank has offered to pay a Paris, Tenn., man more than $600 following a Channel 4 I-Team inquiry into how that man ended up paying for someone else's credit card bill.
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Paris Henry County Chmbr-Cmmrc
2508 West Wood Street, Po Box 8
Paris, TN Phone:(901) 642-3431
Henry County Airport-Pht
1949 Diggs Rd
Paris, TN Phone:(731) 644-7933
Children Services Department
1023 Mineral Wells Ave, #F
Paris, TN Phone:(731) 644-7376
Lake Haven Center
301 Tyson Ave
Paris, TN Phone:(731) 644-8420
Dairy Delight /Restrnt
902 Mineral Wells Ave
Paris, TN Phone:(731) 642-1795
7-Eleven
811 W Wood St
Paris, TN Phone:(731) 642-9691
Graphix Marketing Solutions
Paris, TN Phone:
Freedom 21 Incorporated
175 Shepard Cemetery Ln
Hollow Rock, TN Phone:(731) 986-0099
Dairy Queen Brazier
13880 Highway 641 N
Holladay, TN Phone:(731) 847-6136
