Paradise, MO

Paradise is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northwest Clay County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 75 residents. The community lies between the two arms of the Smithville Lake on the Little Platte River. Smithville lies across the lake to the southwest. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Paradise, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Paradise, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. The community is located along Missouri Route W about four miles southeast of Trimble in adjacent Clinton County. In 1832, the US Government deeded 40 acres of land at this location to Mr. The land was sold in 1850 to John Gosney, who surveyed the land.