Welcome to Perrows ...

Perrows is located in Campbell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perrows, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Perrows is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Perrows: 434

Communities near Perrows ...

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

• Altavista
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Altavista is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altavista
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,422 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altavista <3>
• Hurt
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <3>
• Gretna
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gretna is located in Pittsylvania County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,179 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gretna <3>
• Brookneal
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Brookneal is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookneal
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,104 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookneal <3>
• Lynch Station
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
• Brutus
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
• Gladys
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gladys is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladys
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladys <3>
• Melrose
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Melrose is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
• Renan
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
• Cody
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cody is located in Halifax County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perrows ...

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

Adding Perrows to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Perrows 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 Perrows was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Perrows post office opened in 1891. The Perrows post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perrows.