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Welcome to Terry ...

Terry is located in Perry County<1>.

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

Terry is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Terry (for example, toward Alton), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Terry: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Terry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Terry - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Terry ...

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

  • Tell City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Santa Claus
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ferdinand
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewisport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Cannelton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cloverport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cloverport is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloverport <4>
  • Hawesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • English
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Birdseye
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Troy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Terry ...

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

Adding Terry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Terry 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 Terry was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Terry post office opened in 1892. The Terry post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Terry.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Terry - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Terry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Terry 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/