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History · Perry Hall

Perry Hall’s post office opened in 1877, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 22% of U.S. towns · #177 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it

Most of Perry Hall was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Its Register listing is the Perry Hall. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1893 on, and the census since 1970.

1877first post office
1on the National Register
0.5%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Perry Hall began

When was Perry Hall founded?

1877

The Perry Hall post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Necker (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 5,446 in 19702020 census: 29,409149 years

How historic is Perry Hall?

C−

More historic than 22% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Perry Hall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Perry Hall’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Perry Hall is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #177 of 261 in Maryland. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Perry Hall’s overall grade.
Founding era1877, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.5% of homes (±0.5) · typical MD town 3.3% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register1 listing, 0.3 per 10,000 residents · typical MD town 0.9 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 22%
NewerOlder
Maryland towns of 2,500+ (261)Ahead of 32%

Few Maryland towns list much on the Register (a typical Maryland town has 0.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Perry Hall’s 0.3 sits near the middle of its state (41% of Maryland towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 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 Hall’s past

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

Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Perry Hall, and 26 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18937 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1986. Watch Perry Hall change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Perry Hall had its own post office from 1877 to 1907. Another post office, Necker, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Perry Hall
1877–1907
Necker
1886–1906
Perry Hall
1961–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BrookhurstCedarside FarmChapel ManorChapel ValleyDarleigh ManorFerguson MeadowsFullerton FarmsHallfield ManorHarmony HillsHines EstatesJoppa ValeJoppa ViewNeckerNorthwind FarmsOakhurstPerry Hall EstatesPerry Hall ManorPerry Hall ParkPerry Hall VillagePerry ViewPinedaleSilver Hill FarmSilver MeadowSilver Spring Station

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

Help out

Start Perry Hall’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perry Hall’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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On the map

Perry Hall on the map, 1893 to 1986

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

Perry Hall on the 1893 USGS mapPerry Hall on the 1901 USGS mapPerry Hall on the 1941 USGS mapPerry Hall on the 1951 USGS mapPerry Hall on the 1966 USGS mapPerry Hall on the 1974 USGS mapPerry Hall on the 1986 USGS map1893Gunpowder 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 Hall.

The story

How Perry Hall came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Perry Hall.

Read it all →

Germantown was a community located in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is part of Perry Hall, and also known as North Perry Hall.

Originally, Germantown was centered at the intersection of U.S. Highway 1, also known as Belair Road, and Forge Road. Forge Road branched to the east of Belair Road from Germantown, Baltimore County, Maryland.

ChaptersGermantown

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Perry Hall, 1800 to 1992

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1800In the archiveGough1800
  3. 1877Post officeThe Perry Hall post office opens
  4. 1886Post officeThe Necker post office opens
  5. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1906Post officeThe Necker post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Perry Hall post office closes
  9. 1961Post officeThe Perry Hall post office opens
  10. 1981Born hereJohnny Klausmeier is born here
  11. 1992Born herePete Caringi is born here
By decade

Perry Hall, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1800s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1800s2 items
Gough18001800Gough1800DocumentHarry Dorsey Gough1800Harry Dorsey GoughDocument
Today9 recent
Cicada Brood X 20212021Cicada Brood X 2021Chapel Hill Elementary School 20202020Chapel Hill Elementary School 20202020-07-30 09 53 39 View west along Maryland State Route 43 (White Marsh Boulevard) at the exit for U.S. Route 1 NORTH …20202020-07-30 09 53 39 View west along Maryland State Ro…2019-08-20 16 45 41 View north along U.S. Route 1 (Belair Road) at the exit for Maryland State Route 43 (White Marsh Bo…20192019-08-20 16 45 41 View north along U.S. Route 1 (Be…Virgin Trail2015Virgin TrailPot Rocks Reflections2015Pot Rocks ReflectionsDappled Chaise2015Dappled ChaiseUS Route 1 - Maryland (10283456835) (2)2013US Route 1 - Maryland (10283456835) (2)MDMap-doton-PerryHall2004MDMap-doton-PerryHall
On the National Register

1 historic place in Perry Hall

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Perry Hall
Perry Hall
Buildings
Perry HallBuilding

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

People over time

Perry Hall, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00019802000202029,409

Grew from 5,446 people in 1970 to 29,409 in 2020, 5 times over.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Perry Hall’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Perry Hall

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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P
Pete CaringiAmerican soccer player · b. 1992
J
Johnny KlausmeierAmerican crew chief in NASCAR · b. 1981
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

White MarshIts storyD−CarneyIts storyC−HoneygoIts storyD

Questions about Perry Hall’s history

What year was Perry Hall founded?

The Perry Hall post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Perry Hall rank for history?

Perry Hall is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #177 of 261 in Maryland. 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 Hall?

One place: the Perry Hall (listed 1980).

How old are the homes in Perry Hall?

0.5% of Perry Hall’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.3% for a Maryland town; the median home was built in 1985.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (11), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.