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Welcome to Perryville ...

Perryville is located in Winnebago County<1>.

The pronunciation of Perryville: PAIR-ree-vil<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perryville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Perryville is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Perryville: 815 & 779<4>

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, 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.

  • Rockford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Belvidere
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Loves Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Machesney Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Roscoe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Roscoe is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <5>
  • South Beloit
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Rockton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Marengo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Genoa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Poplar Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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 (so far) 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 1889. The Perryville post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perryville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Winnebago, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Perryville. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perryville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Perryville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Perryville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/