Paris
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.233, -94.795
Why it was abandoned
📉 Economic decline
Detected automatically from the text: It had a population of approximately 300 or 400 people before being abandoned in the 1860s.
History
Paris was the first county seat of Linn County, Kansas, United States. It had a population of approximately 300 or 400 people before being abandoned in the 1860s. Owned by pro-slavery men, it was a rallying point for those who made raids on free-staters during the Bleeding Kansas period.