Paris

Few cities in Northeast Texas have a history as closely tied to county government as Paris. Established in 1844, it remains the seat of Lamar County, and its downtown was rebuilt after a 1916 fire destroyed much of the commercial centre. The red-brick Lamar County Courthouse, completed in 1911, anchors the square. Paris lies in the Blackland Prairie country south of the Red River, which forms the Oklahoma border. Its playful local icon is a 65-foot replica Eiffel Tower topped with a cowboy hat, a Texan answer to its French namesake. The Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site recalls an influential 19th-century Texas family. Browse other webcams across Northeast Texas to place Paris in a wider geographic context.

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