The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPerry Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,929 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,637 to 3,929 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1968.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Perry 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart 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 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Perry, decade by decade
CommonsWinter Scenery — Perry Township, Franklin County, Ohio2019
CommonsWinter Scenery — Perry Township, Franklin County, Ohio2019
CommonsSchoolhouse — Perry Township, Franklin County, Ohio2018
CommonsPerry Township Police Community Response Unit 12018
CommonsPerry Township Police Community Response Unit 1 (cropped)2018
CommonsPerry Township Offices Sign 12018
CommonsPerry Township Hall 12018
CommonsPerry CIMG96122017
MapMap of Franklin County Ohio Highlighting Perry Township2015Nothing 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 Buttles-Johnson House in Worthington, 2.8 miles away.
Perry 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.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.