Paris, MI

Paris is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Green Charter Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, United States. The 2020 census counted 271 residents. John Parish is considered the "father" of the village, having arrived in the 1850s and then platting the village in 1865. Paris was at first named "Parish" after him, but the name later became Paris. A newcomer can read Paris through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Paris comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Paris is in northwestern Mecosta County, slightly north of the center of Green Township. Paris is bordered to the east by the Muskegon River, a south-flowing tributary of Lake Michigan.