Paris, TN 38242 - U.S. Post Offices on Waymarking.com

This stately old U.S. Post Office is just south of the Henry County Courthouse. The original building was constructed in 1908, and a matching addition was built in 1960. The main entrance was reconstruted in 1970. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as a "contributing building" within the Paris Commercial District.

The present site of Paris was selected by five commissioners appointed to the task of choosing a county seat at the December 1822 session of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Henry County. Their selection may have been influenced by the willingness of property owners to donate land for the courthouse. The name "Paris" was selected to honor the Marquis de Lafayette, a French hero of the American Revolutionary War. Paris was incorporated on September 30, 1823, making it the first town incorporated in West Tennessee. For the next fifty years the primary industry here was agriculture, primarily cotton - a crop that required a large workforce of slaves. During the Civil War Paris, initially Confederate, was taken by Union forces on March 11, 1862 in a battle that resulted in few casualties but considerable destruction of property within the town. Desegregation of schools and businesses in the 1960s was relatively peaceful. The current population is about ten thousand.

Type of structure:: Stand-Alone re-enter Zip Code here:: 38242 Current Status:: Still in Use

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