West Paris
West Paris is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Originally settled in 1771 for land that what was deemed "superior for pasturage, hay crops, and orchards", West Paris became a center of Finnish immigrant settlement in the 19th century, with many if the town's current residents being descendants of the original Finnish settlers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,770 residents
- Description: human settlement in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America
- Also known as: “West Paris, Maine” and “West Paris, ME”
- Postal code: 04289
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwood and Woodstock.
Greenwood
Village
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Greenwood is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 774 at the 2020 census. The town was named for surveyor Alexander Greenwood. Greenwood is situated 4 miles west of West Paris.
Woodstock
Village
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woodstock is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Woodstock is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. Woodstock is situated 5 miles northwest of West Paris.
Paris Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Paris Hill Historic District encompasses the historic 19th century village of Paris Hill in Paris, Maine. This village was the primary civic seat in the town, which is also the county seat of Oxford County, and was where county facilities were located until they were moved to South Paris in 1895. Paris Hill Historic District is situated 6 miles southeast of West Paris.
West Paris
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Town of West Paris, Oxford County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.32434° or 44° 19′ 28″ northLongitude
-70.57411° or 70° 34′ 27″ westPopulation
1,770Elevation
495 feet (151 metres)Open location code
87PF8CFG+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 158899563OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4982671Wikidata ID
Q3449635
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“West Paris” goes by many names.
- Basque: “West Paris”
- Catalan: “West Paris”
- Cebuano: “West Paris”
- Chechen: “Вест-Перис”
- Chinese: “西帕里斯”
- Dutch: “West Paris”
- French: “West Paris”
- German: “West Paris”
- Haitian: “West Paris, Maine”
- Haitian: “West Paris”
- Hungarian: “West Paris”
- Italian: “West Paris”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・パリス”
- Japanese: “ウエスト・パリス”
- Japanese: “ウェストパリス”
- Japanese: “ウエストパリス”
- Kazakh: “Vést Parïs”
- Kazakh: “Вэст Парис”
- Kazakh: “ۆەست پارىيس”
- Kirghiz: “Вэст Парис”
- Mazanderani: “وست پاریس”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Paris”
- Norwegian: “West Paris”
- Polish: “West Paris”
- Slovenian: “West Paris”
- South Azerbaijani: “وزت پاریس، مئین”
- Spanish: “West Paris”
- Tatar: “Вест-Перис”
- Turkish: “West Paris”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Періс”
- Urdu: “مغربی پیرس، مینے”
- Urdu: “مغربی پیرس”
- Volapük: “West Paris”
- Welsh: “West Paris, Maine”
- Welsh: “West Paris”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Paris Public Library and Little Androscoggin River Reservoir.
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