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Perry Township pond and farmsteadPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
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History · Perry Township

Perry Township dates to 1800, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1907 on.

1800founded
0on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Perry Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Perry Township began

When was Perry Township founded?

1800

Perry Township dates its founding to 1800 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1854.

2020 census: 919226 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1854.

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.

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Perry Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1972. Watch Perry Township change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1800: 226 years of Perry Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

West Freedom
1854–1905
Pollock
1869–1918
West Monterey
1869–1978
Dutch Hill
1889–1928
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Dutch HillMontereyPerryvilleWest FreedomWest Monterey
Gone or out of use
Pollock Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Perry Township
Concord PresbyterianMount CalvaryPerryvilleWest FreedomWest Monterey

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

Help out

Start Perry Township’s collection

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.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewSouth High Street Bridge, South High St…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Perry Township on the map, 1907 to 1972

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 1907 USGS mapPerry Township on the 1963 USGS mapPerry Township on the 1972 USGS map1907Foxburg 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.

Perry Township is a township in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 922 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the figure of 947 tabulated in 2010.

Perry Township was established in 1800. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 947 to 919 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Perry Township, 1800 to 1978

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1800
    FoundingPerry Township is established
  3. 1854Post officeThe West Freedom post office opens
  4. 1869Post officeThe Pollock post office opens
  5. 1869Post officeThe West Monterey post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1905Post officeThe West Freedom post office closes
  8. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1918Post officeThe Pollock post office closes
  10. 1978Post officeThe West Monterey post office closes
By decade

Perry Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
South High Street Bridge, South High Street, spanning Little Juniata Creek, DuncannonDate?South High Street Bridge, South High Street, spanning…
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

South High Street Bridge, South High Street, spanning Little Juniata Creek, Duncannon
Retake this viewSouth High Street Bridge, South High Street, spanning Little Juniata Creek, Duncannon

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Perry Township’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Perry Township

Nobody well known was born in Perry Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jane WolfeAmerican silent film character actress and Thel… · b. 1875
Joe PageAmerican baseball player · b. 1917
Robert Burns WilsonPainter and poet · b. 1850
Willis James HulingsAmerican politician · b. 1850
Claude RitcheyMajor League Baseball second baseman · b. 1873
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Bob WayAmerican baseball player · b. 1906
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Richland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLicking Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townParkerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHovey TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townToby TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Perry Township’s history

What year was Perry Township founded?

In 1800, according to Wikidata. Perry Township’s post office opened in 1854.

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 Library of Congress (1), 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.