Welcome to Perryville ...

Perryville is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perryville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1839.

Perryville is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Perryville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Perryville: 334

Communities Also Named Perryville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Perryville: This one is located in Perry County and the other is located in Tallapoosa County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 29 communities that are also named Perryville - they are located in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, 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.

• Selma
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
  • Selma is located in Dallas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,671 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <4>
• Valley Grande
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Grande have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grande
  • Valley Grande is located in Dallas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,468 people
• Marion
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Marion is located in Perry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
• Maplesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville
  • Maplesville is located in Chilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maplesville <4>
• Suttle
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttle
  • Suttle is located in Perry County
• Augustin
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Augustin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustin
  • Augustin is located in Perry County
• Sprott
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprott
  • Sprott is located in Perry County
• Plantersville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
  • Plantersville is located in Dallas County
• Riderville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riderville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderville
  • Riderville is located in Chilton County
• Jones
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
  • Jones is located in Autauga 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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perryville ...

Looking for more information about Perryville? 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 Perryville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Perryville.

Adding Perryville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Perryville 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 Perryville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Perryville post office opened in 1839.

We also found Perryville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perryville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Perry County: www.perrycounty-al.org/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/