Most of Perry Park was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Its Register listings are the Ben Quick Ranch and Fort and the Glen Grove School. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1890 on.
The Perry Park post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Glen Grove (1869), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,932134 years
How historic is Perry Park?
C
More historic than 32% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Perry Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Perry Park’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Perry Park is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Perry Park’s overall grade.
Few Colorado towns list much on the Register (a typical Colorado town has 1.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Perry Park’s 25.5 sits above most of its state (82% of Colorado towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B. The pre-1940 share (±1.9 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Perry Park’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The Perry Park area was originally inhabited by the Ute, Kiowa, Arapaho and Cheyenne Native American tribes. It was not settled by American immigrants until the 1858 Pike's Peak Gold Rush near present-day Colorado Springs. Then ranchers such as Ben Quick and George Ratcliffe began settling in the area. In 1870 John D. Perry, president of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, visited Colorado and purchased the 4,000-acre (16 km2) "Pleasant Park" that would eventually be named Perry Park. Mr. Perry's son, Charles, became a permanent resident of the ranch and raised short-horn cattle in the area until his death in 1876. Charles Perry died as a result of being kicked by a horse on the ranch. In 1888 John Perry, along with a number of other investors created the Red Stone Town, Land, & Mining Company which attempted to turn Pleasant Park into a resort destination. A dam was constructed, creatin…
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Perry Park had its own post office from 1892 to 1906. Another post office, Glen Grove, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Glen Grove
1869–1877
Perry Park
1892–1906
18601940today
Gone or out of use
Glen Grove SchoolschoolPerry Park Minemine
1cemetery inside Perry Park
Glen Grove
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Perry Park’s history
What year was Perry Park founded?
The Perry Park post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Perry Park rank for history?
Perry Park is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Perry Park?
Two places: the Ben Quick Ranch and Fort (listed 1974) and the Glen Grove School (1974).
How old are the homes in Perry Park?
0.0% of Perry Park’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.9 points), against a typical 2.5% for a Colorado town; the median home was built in 2001.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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