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History · Perry Township

16% of Perry Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Aqueduct Bridge and the Jeffers Bridge. Below: maps from 1910 on.

2on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Perry Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Perry Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Perry Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19104 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1980. Watch Perry Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perry Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Art, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Cory
1872–today
Art
1873–1903
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ArtCoryHickory Island
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Perry Township
Mount CalvaryStaggsZion Gummere

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Perry Township on the map, 1910 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Perry Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Perry Township on the 1910 USGS mapPerry Township on the 1958 USGS mapPerry Township on the 1972 USGS mapPerry Township on the 1980 USGS map1910Clay City sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Perry Township.

The story so far

Perry Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Perry Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 934 to 915 (-2%).

Timeline

Perry Township, 1872 to 1910

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Cory post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Art post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Art post office closes
  6. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Perry Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2000
Aqueduct Bridge
Aqueduct BridgeJeffers Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pratt Through Truss2
Aqueduct BridgePratt Through Truss
Jeffers BridgePratt Through Truss

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Sugar Ridge Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison Township2 historic placesAPosey TownshipIts storyCLewis Township1 historic placeARiley TownshipIts storyC+Pierson Township1 historic placeASaline CityIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Perry Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Perry Township?

Two places: the Aqueduct Bridge (listed 2000) and the Jeffers Bridge (2000).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.