Paradise, Texas

City in Texas, United States

33°9′1″N 97°41′19″W / 33.15028°N 97.68861°W / 33.15028; -97.68861CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyWiseArea

^[1]

• Total2.01 sq mi (5.20 km²) • Land2.01 sq mi (5.20 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

758 ft (231 m)Population

(2020)

• Total475 • Density279.66/sq mi (107.97/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

76073

Area code940FIPS code48-55056^[2]GNIS feature ID1381237^[3]

Paradise is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 475 in 2020.^[4]

According to tradition, the area was a cowboy's "paradise", hence the name.^[5]

In 1985, Blue Bell Ice Cream filmed a television commercial in Paradise. The commercial starred some residents of the town.

Geography

Paradise is located at 33°9′1″N 97°41′19″W / 33.15028°N 97.68861°W / 33.15028; -97.68861 (33.150340, –97.688728). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km²), all land.^[6]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	459		—
2010	441		−3.9%
2019 (est.)	561	^[7]	27.2%
U.S. Decennial Census^[8]

**Paradise racial composition as of 2020**^[4]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)^[a]
Race	Number	Percentage
White (NH)	398	83.79%
Black or African American (NH)	4	0.84%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)	2	0.42%
Asian (NH)	2	0.42%
Some Other Race (NH)	1	0.21%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)	15	3.16%
Hispanic or Latino	53	11.16%
Total	475

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 475 people, 190 households, and 125 families residing in the city.

Education

The City of Paradise is served by the Paradise Independent School District.

References

^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 98.
^ "US Gazetteer Files 2016-Places-Texas". US Census. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
^ https://www.census.gov/ ^{[not specific enough to verify]}
^ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.

^ Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.^[9]^[10]