Welcome to Perry Park ...

Perry Park is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perry Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Perry Park is 6,460 feet [1,969 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Perry Park is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Perry Park lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Perry Park: 303, 720 & 983<3>

Communities Also Named Perry Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Perry Park - they are located in Delaware, Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Perry Park ...

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

Castle Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Rock is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,567 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castle Rock <4>
Lone Tree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lone Tree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Tree <4>
Castle Pines
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Castle Pines is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Pines
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castle Pines <4>
Castle Pines North
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Castle Pines North is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Pines North
- Estimated population in 2011: 10,602 people
Monument
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Monument is located in El Paso County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,152 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monument <4>
Woodland Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodland Park is located in Teller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodland Park <4>
Palmer Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Palmer Lake is located in El Paso County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,037 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmer Lake <4>
Larkspur
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Larkspur is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larkspur <4>
Twin Cedars ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Cedars is located in Douglas County
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Westcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westcreek is located in Douglas County
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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 Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Perry Park.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perry Park ...

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

Adding Perry Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Perry Park 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 (so far) for Perry Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Perry Park post office opened in 1892. The Perry Park post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perry Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perry Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 303 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 720 or 983. New phone numbers in the Perry Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 303, 720 or 983. As a result, placing a call in the Perry Park area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/