Welcome to Perche ...
So far, we found very little information about Perche. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Perche to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Perche, please Contact Us.
Perche would have been located within present day Boone County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Perche, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Perche is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Perche was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Perche was located: 573 & 235<4>
Communities near Perche ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Perche.
- Columbia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Centralia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hallsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgeon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Higbee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Armstrong
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Armstrong is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Rocheport
(13 miles [20.9 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 Perche. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Perche.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Perche. 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 Perche.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Perche. See our Newspapers Page for Perche.
Adding Perche to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Perche in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Perche was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Perche post office opened in 1888. The Perche post office closed in 1905.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Perche.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Perche, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Boone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perche - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Perche area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Perche 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/ |