Do you know of Perry ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Perry. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Perry.
Our sources for Perry (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Perry other than they indicate that Perry would be found somewhere in Allen County, Indiana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1837 and closed in 1901.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Perry ...
We found 39 communities that share the name Perry.
Within Indiana, the name Perry is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Perry [Perry County].
- California
- Florida
- Taylor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Perry [Taylor County].
- Georgia
- Houston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Perry [Houston County].
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Perry [Dallas County].
- Kansas
- Atchison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Perry [Atchison County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Perry [Jefferson County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Vermilion Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Perry [Vermilion Parish].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Perry [Aroostook County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Perry [Washington County].
- Michigan
- Shiawassee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Perry [Shiawassee County].
- Mississippi
- Stone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Perry [Stone County].
- Missouri
- Ralls County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Perry [Ralls County].
- Nebraska
- Red Willow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Perry [Red Willow County].
- New Mexico
- San Juan County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Perry [San Juan County].
- New York
- Wyoming County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Perry [Wyoming County].
- North Carolina
- Gaston County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Perry [Gaston County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Noble County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Perry [Noble County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Perry.
- Oregon
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Perry [Union County].
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Perry [Berks County].
- Forest County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Perry [Forest County].
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Perry [Aiken County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Falls County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Perry [Falls County].
- Utah
- Vermont
- Caledonia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Perry [Caledonia County].
- Washington
- Columbia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Perry [Columbia County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Perry [Franklin County].
- West Virginia
- Hardy County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Perry [Hardy County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Perry ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Perry:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Allen County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Allen County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Perry could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |