The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPerryton Township is located in Mercer County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 474 and it contained 200 housing units. It contains the census-designated place of Hamlet.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 474 to 449 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1945.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Perryton yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Perryton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perryton’s history is told.
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Perryton, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Perryton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Perryton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Downtown Aledo Historic District in Aledo, 6.2 miles away.
Perryton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.