Welcome to Perryville ...

So far, we found very little information about Perryville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Perryville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Perryville, please Contact Us.

Perryville would have been located within present day Colfax County<2>.

The location of Perryville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perryville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Perryville is 8,080 feet [2,463 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Perryville is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Perryville was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Perryville would have been located in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Perryville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Perryville - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania (4), Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Perryville.

Communities near Perryville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Perryville.

• Angel Fire
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel Fire
  • Angel Fire is located in Colfax County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,070 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angel Fire <5>
• Cimarron
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron
  • Cimarron is located in Colfax County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cimarron <5>
• Red River
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
  • Red River is located in Taos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red River <5>
• Taos Ski Valley
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taos Ski Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos Ski Valley
  • Taos Ski Valley is located in Taos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taos Ski Valley <5>
• Idlewild
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Idlewild is located in Colfax County
• Lakeview Pines
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Pines
  • Lakeview Pines is located in Colfax County
• Ute Park
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ute Park
  • Ute Park is located in Colfax County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ute Park <5>
• Valle Escondido
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valle Escondido
  • Valle Escondido is located in Taos County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valle Escondido <5>
• Taos Pueblo
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taos Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos Pueblo
  • Taos Pueblo is located in Taos County
• Shady Brook
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
  • Shady Brook is located in Taos County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Perryville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Perryville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Perryville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Perryville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Perryville. See our Newspapers Page for Perryville.

Adding Perryville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Perryville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Perryville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Perryville post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perryville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/