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The Paris area was settled beginning about 1780, and the town was incorporated in 1793. Oxford County was established in 1805, and Paris was chosen as its county seat. As Paris Hill was then the civic center of the town, the county infrastructure was built there, as were the Baptist Church and the Paris Hill Academy (the latter in 1856). [2]
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Paris is a town in and the county seat of Oxford County, Maine, United States. Paris is included in the Lewiston-Auburn , Maine metropolitan New England City and town area. [ 2 ] The population was 5,179 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ]