West Paris
About West Paris
Town in Oxford County, Maine, United StatesWest Paris is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. West Paris is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. Originally settled in 1771 for land that what was deemed "superior for pasturage, hay crops, and orchards", West Paris became a center of Finnish immigrant settlement in the 19th century, with many if the town's current residents being descendants of the original Finnish settlers (Finnish: suomalaiset, IPA: [ˈsuo̯mɑlɑi̯set]). Once part of the neighboring town of Paris, Maine, West Paris seceded from Paris and was incorporated in September 1957. The population was 1,766 at the 2020 census.
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