Perry’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Perry. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Perry was platted in 1866, and named after William Perry Crostwaite, a first settler. A post office called Perry has been in operation since 1866.
Greenlawn Methodist Church and Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
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Start Perry’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perry’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGill Bridge, Spanning Lick Creek …: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Perry
See all 1 →Perry, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Perry is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Perry has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Greenlawn Methodist Church and Cemetery in Perry, 3.4 miles away.
Perry and the nearest listed places
Closest to Perry
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Gill Bridge, Spanning Lick Creek at County Road 181 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.