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Welcome to Perth ...

Perth is located in Fulton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perth, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1840.

Perth is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Perth lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Perth: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Perth ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Perth - they are located in Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario and Virginia.

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

Websites for Perth ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fultoncountyny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Perth, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Perth ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perth ...

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

Adding Perth to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Perth 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 Perth was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Perth post office opened in 1840.

We also found Perth in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perth.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Perth. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fulton County: www.fulton.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perth - 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 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Perth area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Perth 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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