Paradise is a ghost town in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States. It was located 10.5 mi east-northeast of Greenville. Paradise was originally founded as Stom's Landing (sometimes incorrectly spelled Stum), in reference to its then-status as a trading post along the Green River, a tributary of the Ohio River.[2][3]
The town and its surrounding area were subject to heavy strip mining throughout the twentieth century and it later became the site of the Paradise Fossil Plant. Local residents were bought out in 1967 by the plant's operator, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the town subsequently demolished, citing health concerns and plans for expansion.
History
Paradise was settled in the early nineteenth century, known originally as Stom's Landing, for Leonard Stom who founded the ferry there.[2][4]