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Place Name
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Paris
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Capital Of
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Bourbon County
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Population
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8,730 (1990)
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Location
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Bourbon County, Kentucky (KY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°12'N
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Longitude
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84°15'W
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Paris
, town (1990
pop. 8,730),  Bourbon co., central Ky.,
18 mi/29 km NE of Lexington, on Stoner Creek,
at mouth of Houston Creek, in Bluegrass region; 38°12'N 84°15'W.
Agr. (bluegrass seed, burley tobacco; livestock) shipping point; mfg.
(concrete, crushed limestone, lumber, fertilizer, apparel, fabricated
aluminum prods., automotive parts); limestone quarries. Early
distillery here (1790) was one of 1st in Ky.; its whiskey was called
bourbon, after the co. Duncan Tavern and Duncan House, historic shrine.
Nearby, to E, Cane Ridge Meeting House (1791) was scene of founding of
Christian denomination of Disciples of Christ in 1804. Airport. City
founded as Hopewell 1789; inc. 1893.
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