Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Delaware River Parker Truss Bridge.
The Perry post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name.
Perry was named for John D. Perry, the President of the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perry’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Perry.
Perry got its start in the year 1865 following construction of the railroad through the territory. It was named for John D. Perry, the President of the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
The first post office in Perry was established in October 1866.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Perry’s post office has been open since 1866.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Perry post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Delaware River Parker Truss Bridge (listed 2003).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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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