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Welcome to Perry ...

Perry is located in Hardy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perry, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Perry is 1,720 feet [524 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Perry: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Perry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Perry - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah (2), Vermont and Washington (2).

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

Communities near Perry ...

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

  • Strasburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Strasburg is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,716 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strasburg <4>
  • Woodstock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodstock is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,293 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <4>
  • Moorefield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Mount Jackson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Edinburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Edinburg is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edinburg <4>
  • Toms Brook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Wardensville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Baker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Baker is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
  • Columbia Furnace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
  • Jerome
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perry ...

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

Adding Perry to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Perry post office opened in 1888. The Perry post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perry.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Hardy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perry - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Perry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Perry 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>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/