Welcome to Perry ...

Perry is located in Union County<1>.

The location of Perry has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perry, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Perry is 2,890 feet [881 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Perry is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Perry lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Perry: (541) & (458)<4>

Websites for Perry ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.unioncountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Perry, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Perry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Perry - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah (2), Vermont, Washington (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Perry ...

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

• La Grande
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grande
  • La Grande is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,399 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Grande <5>
• Union
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,207 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <5>
• Elgin
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Elgin is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
  • Former names for Elgin:
  • Fish Trap
  • Indian Valley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <5>
• Island City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
  • Island City is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
• Cove
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
  • Cove is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cove <5>
• Imbler
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbler
  • Imbler is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imbler <5>
• Summerville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
  • Summerville is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summerville <5>
• Conley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
  • Conley is located in Union County
• Hot Lake
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
  • Hot Lake is located in Union County
• Starkey
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
  • Starkey is located in Union County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Starkey <5>

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 Perry. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Perry.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Perry. 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 Perry.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perry ...

Looking for more information about Perry? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Perry, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Perry.

Adding Perry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Perry in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Perry post office opened in 1890.

We also found Perry in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perry.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Perry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Union County: www.union-county.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/