Welcome to Perryville ...

Perryville is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Perryville is located in Wood County<1>.

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

Perryville is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area codes for Perryville: (903) & (430)<3>

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 Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania (4), Rhode Island, Tennessee 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.

• Gilmer
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
  • Gilmer is located in Upshur County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,188 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilmer <4>
• Pittsburg
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
  • Pittsburg is located in Camp County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,680 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittsburg <4>
• Winnsboro
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
  • Winnsboro is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,330 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <4>
• Quitman
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
  • Quitman is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <4>
• Big Sandy
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Sandy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
  • Big Sandy is located in Upshur County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Sandy <4>
• Hawkins
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
  • Hawkins is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,345 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawkins <4>
• Rocky Mound
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
  • Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
• Grice
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
  • Grice is located in Upshur County
• Thomas
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
  • Thomas is located in Upshur County
• Rhonesboro
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhonesboro
  • Rhonesboro is located in Upshur County

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perryville ...

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

Adding Perryville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perryville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/