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Welcome to Perry ...

Perry is located in Red Willow County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perry, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1895.

Perry is 2,520 feet [768 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Perry is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Perry (for example, toward Benkelman), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Perry: 308

Communities Also Named Perry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Perry - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah (2), Vermont, Washington (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Perry ...

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

  • McCook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCook
    • McCook is located in Red Willow County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,499 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCook <3>
  • Culbertson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Indianola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Trenton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Red Willow
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Willow
    • Red Willow is located in Red Willow County
  • Beverly
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beverly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Beverly is located in Hitchcock County
  • Traer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Traer have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traer
    • Traer is located in Decatur County (KS)
  • Danbury
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Herndon
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herndon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
    • Herndon is located in Rawlins County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Bartley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perry ...

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

Adding Perry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Perry 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 for Perry was on a map titled Map of Nebraska (from Rand McNally, 1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perry.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Red Willow, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perry - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.