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Paradise is a small city in Wise County, Texas, that was established in 1873 under the name Eldorado.

When the community applied for a post office in 1876, the name Eldorado was already taken by another Texas town, so it was renamed Paradise Prairie — a name chosen for the wildflowers that grew in the area, though local folklore says cowboys called it a cowboy's paradise — and it was later shortened to just Paradise.

Paradise moved about a mile to the northeast in 1893 so it could sit closer to the newly built Rock Island Railroad line.

By 1900 Paradise had two cotton gins, two hotels, several churches and schools, and its own newspaper, the Paradise Echo.

Although it dates to the 1870s, Paradise was not officially incorporated until 1996, having spent more than a century as an unincorporated community.

One of the earliest settlers in Wise County, O. H. P. Read, made his home at Paradise in 1858, and the town square was laid out by local surveyor Ben Banks with a water well dug on its southeast corner.

Paradise's population stayed under 500 people for most of its history, dipping to an estimated 275 in the 1980s as residents began commuting to Fort Worth for work.

The 2020 census counted 475 people living in Paradise across 190 households, with a median age of 38.5 years.

Paradise students attend the Paradise Independent School District, and Paradise High School's Panthers — wearing green and black — compete in UIL Class 3A.

During the 2025-26 school year the Paradise Panthers won state championships in both boys basketball and baseball, helping Wise County earn the nickname "County of Champions" alongside neighboring Decatur, Boyd and Bridgeport.