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Ghost town · Coos County, New Hampshire
Paris is a ghost town in Coos County, New Hampshire. It is the only former community in Coos County recorded on the federal names register, out of 12 across New Hampshire.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Paris as a historical populated place on the Dummer Ponds topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 44.6512° N, 71.3209° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Dummer Ponds |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,271 ft |
| Nearest living town | Groveton, NH |
| Distance to it | 10 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 871213 |
| Coordinates | 44.65116, -71.32091 |
What's there now
Paris is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Groveton, NH (population 871), about 10 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,271 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Stark Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Coos County · 5.5 mi
- Groveton Bridgecovered bridge · Coos County · 10.1 mi
- Mechanic Street Bridgecovered bridge · Coos County · 16.5 mi
- Columbia Bridgecovered bridge · Coos County · 18 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Coos County · 21 mi
- Bennett-Bean Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Oxford County · 23.2 mi
- Sunday River Bridgecovered bridge · Oxford County · 26 mi
- Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Coos County · 28.2 mi
- Lovejoy Bridgecovered bridge · Oxford County · 29.2 mi
- Burrington Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Caledonia County · 32.7 mi
- Riverwalk Covered Bridge (Littleton)covered bridge · Grafton County · 32.7 mi
- Centre Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Caledonia County · 34.3 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.