The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 406 to 393 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1963.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Perrinton yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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Perrinton, decade by decade
Before
2000
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Perrinton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Perrinton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Gratiot County Courthouse in Ithaca, 8.5 miles away.
Perrinton and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Perrinton
Gratiot County CourthouseIthaca · Classic Revival8.5mi
Ithaca Downtown Historic DistrictIthaca · Late Victorian8.5mi
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church ComplexNorth Plains · Gothic Revival10.4mi
Giles J. Gibbs Building-Sugar BowlSt. Johns · Late Victorian · Built 186713.8mi
Alma Downtown Historic DistrictAlma · District13.9miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Gratiot County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Perrinton?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Perrinton’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.