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Paris

Ghost town · Malheur County, Oregon

Vale West quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000)
Vale West quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Paris is a ghost town in Malheur County, Oregon. It is one of 15 former communities in Malheur County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 34 Oregon counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Paris as a historical populated place on the Vale West 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 43.9388° N, 117.3274° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleVale West
Elevation2,308 ft
Nearest living townVale, OR
Distance to it5.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1129764
Coordinates43.93877, -117.32740

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What's there now

Paris is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Vale, OR (population 2,259), about 5.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,308 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Paris?

Paris is in Malheur County, Oregon, at 43.9388, -117.3274.

How many ghost towns are in Malheur County?

Malheur County, Oregon has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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