RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Ohio >> Licking County >> PerrytonIndex...

Welcome to Perryton ...

Perryton is located in Licking County<1>.

The pronunciation of Perryton: PAIR-ee-tuhn<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perryton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1836.

Perryton is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Perryton: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Perryton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Perryton - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Perryton ...

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

  • Newark
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Zanesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Heath
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Heath is located in Licking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,035 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <5>
  • Granville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Gambier
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hebron
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Utica
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Utica is located in Licking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,280 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <5>
  • South Zanesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
  • Dresden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Frazeysburg
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Perryton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Perryton.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perryton ...

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

Adding Perryton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Perryton post office opened in 1836. The Perryton post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perryton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Licking, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Perryton. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perryton - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Perryton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Perryton 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/