Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 26% of U.S. towns · #873 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Perry Heights was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1964. Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 2000.
More historic than 26% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Perry Heights is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #873 of 993 in Ohio. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Perry Heights’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: our sources. 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 →
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 Heights’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Perry Heights. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Perry Heights.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Perry Heights yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Perry Heights is a census-designated place in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,391 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 8,441 in 2010, 8,391 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Between 8,391 and 8,900 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Perry Heights’ Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Perry Heights itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Perry Heights is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #873 of 993 in Ohio. 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.
10% of Perry Heights’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1964.
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).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
