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Welcome to Perryville ...

So far, we found very little information about Perryville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Perryville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Perryville, please Contact Us.


Perryville would have been located within present day Colfax County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perryville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Perryville is 8,080 feet [2,463 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Perryville is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Perryville was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Perryville was located: 575

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, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, 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.

  • Angel Fire
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Cimarron
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Red River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Taos Ski Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Idlewild
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Idlewild is located in Colfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Lakeview Pines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview Pines is located in Colfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Pines
  • Ute Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Valle Escondido
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Taos Pueblo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Taos Pueblo is located in Taos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos Pueblo
  • Shady Brook
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Shady Brook is located in Taos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook

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.

Adding Perryville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Perryville post office opened in 1894. The Perryville post office closed in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perryville.

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 Perryville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Colfax, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perryville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/