PERRY COUNTY, Indiana
*First created in 1827.
*County seat: Tell City; previously Cannelton.
Named for: Oliver Hazard Perry, a hero of the War of 1812
Located in souther Indiana, with the Ohio River at it's southern
boundary.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Adyeville,
Apalona, Bandon, Branchville, Bristow, Cannelton, Celina, Derby, Dexter, Dodd, Don Juan, Doolittle Mills, Fosters
Ridge, Gatchel, Gerald,
Hardingrove, Kitterman
Corners, Lauer, Leopold,
Lilly Dale, Magnet,
Mount Pleasant, Oil Creek,
Oriole, Penn Haven, Ranger, Rocky Point,
Rome, Sassafras, Siberia, St. Croix, Tell City, Terry, Tobinsport, Troy, Uniontown and Waterbury.
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Surrounding Counties:
NW = Dubois
County
N & NW = Crawford
County, IN
W = Spencer
County, IN PERRY COUNTY
SE, S & SW = The Ohio River
Across the Ohio River are Hancock, Breckinridge and
Meade Counties in KY
See: Kentuck
Atlas and Gazetteer - from the University of Kentucky,
Lexington.
See Local History <-> Genealogy Index State Selection
Page to visit sites for neighboring Kentucky.
- Access: Perry County, Indiana
- Welcome to Perry
County
- Convention & Visitors Bureau
- countyhistory.com:
for Perry
County, by Ronald Branson!
- Troy,
Indiana -- In The Past 162 Years!, Written July 22, 1966
- INGenWeb
for Perry County, Indiana, Judith Sandage Murphy
- Perry
County at rootsweb - for genealogy
- rootsweb
Archives for Perry County
- Perry
County, Indiana News - online
- Perry
County, Indiana Profile and Stats
- History
of St. Mark's Catholic Church in Cannelton, Perry County, IN.
- History
of the mission of Leopold [est. 1838 by the Reverend Julian
Benoit]
from A Living History of Perry County by James
Mosby. - Reminiscences
of a Pioneer Priest in the Diocese of Vincennes [Indiana,
U.S.A.], by The Very Rev. August Bessonies, V. G. (born in France in
1815) - Rev. Bessonies, a Catholic priest, was the founder of Leopold,
Indiana, in Perry County. He writes of the day-to-day life in
southern Indiana during the 1840s and 1850s, and tells of his reasons
for beginning the town of Leopold : "...The greater portion
of my life was spent on
horseback, and one time during the absence of Father Kundeck, I said
mass
on Sunday at Derby, Perry county; on Monday at Leavenworth, Floyd
county;
on Tuesday at Corydon, Harrison county; on Wednesday at Newton Stewart,
Orange
county; on Thursday at Jasper, Dubois county; on Friday at
Taylorsville,
Warrick county; on Saturday at Rockport, Spencer county, and at home
again
at Leopold, the following Sunday...".
- Statue
of Our Lady of Consolation at St. Augustine's Church in
Leopold.
- 1820
Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
- View of
Tell City, Perry County, Indiana : Praemie zum Tell City Anzeiger, by
A. Hinnen, [Indiana?] : G.F. Bott, [187-?] (Cin[cinnati], O[hio] :
Strobridge & Co. Lith.), Library of Congress Geography and Map
Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA (Call Number: G4094.T3A3 187-
.H5). [Url: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4094t.pm002045>]
- Indiana State
Library.
140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
- The Doughboy Center
- presented by The Great War Society.
- World
War II Veterans Online Information Center
- USA Veterans' Administration
- See also a Tiger Interactive
map of Perry County, Indiana.
-
Use the query form, at
USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated
places, and more. Please note that the map town listed
with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not
be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see
the location of the actual feature. This database may not be
complete, and, as with
any database, there may be errors.
- The
Political Graveyard, for Perry County,
Indiana, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site
about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
- Tell City Historical Society
- 548 - 9th Street - Tell City, IN
47586
Phone: (812) 547-9695
- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 728 -
Tell City, IN 47586-0383
- Tell
City Public Library
- 2328 Tell Street - Tell City, IN
47586 Phone: (812) 547-2661
Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies: Perry
County Health Department (For Birth & Death Certificates from ca.
1882)
125 S 8th Street Courthouse
Annex - Cannelton, IN 47520-1251 Phone:
(812) 547-2746. Perry County Circuit Court Clerk - (For
Marriage,
Divorce & Probate Records)
Courthouse: 2219
Payne Street - Tell City,
IN 47586 Phone: (812) 547-3741. Perry County
Recorder
- Courthouse: 2219
Payne Street - Tell
City, IN 47586 Phone: (812) 547-4261.
Perry County Communities
Anderson Township includes the
communities of Gatchel, Lilly Dale and Ranger. Don
Juan is seen on the 1875 map above, however, it is not reported on a
present-day atlas. - Don Juan, PERRY COUNTY (Anderson
Township)
- Gatchel, PERRY COUNTY (Anderson Township)
- Lilly Dale, PERRY COUNTY (Anderson Township)
- Ranger, PERRY COUNTY (Anderson Township)
Clark Township includes the communities of
Adyeville, Bristow, Kitterman Corners, Sassafras, Siberia and
Uniontown. Fosters Ridge is seen on the 1875 map above, however,
it is not reported on
a present-day atlas. It appears to have been located at/near the
present-day
Uniontown. Lashers P.O., also seen on the 1875 map, appears to
have
been located near the Oil and Clark Townships line, southeast of the
Middle
Fork of the Anderson River. - Adyeville, PERRY COUNTY
(Clark Township)
- Bristow, PERRY COUNTY (Clark Township)
- Fosters Ridge, PERRY COUNTY (Clark Township)
- Kitterman Corners, PERRY COUNTY (Clark Township)
- Lashers P.O., PERRY COUNTY (Clark Township)
- Sassafras, PERRY COUNTY (Clark Township)
- Siberia, PERRY COUNTY (Clark Township)
- Uniontown, PERRY COUNTY (Clark Township)
Leopold Township includes the
communities of Leopold and Terry. - Reminiscences
of a Pioneer Priest in the Diocese of Vincennes [Indiana,
U.S.A.], by The Very Rev. August Bessonies, V. G. (born in France in
1815) - Rev. Bessonies, a Catholic priest, was the founder of Leopold,
Indiana, in Perry County. He writes of the day-to-day life in
southern Indiana during the 1840s and 1850s, and tells of his reasons
for beginning the town of Leopold : "...The greater portion
of my life was spent on
horseback, and one time during the absence of Father Kundeck, I said
mass
on Sunday at Derby, Perry county; on Monday at Leavenworth, Floyd
county;
on Tuesday at Corydon, Harrison county; on Wednesday at Newton Stewart,
Orange
county; on Thursday at Jasper, Dubois county; on Friday at
Taylorsville,
Warrick county; on Saturday at Rockport, Spencer county, and at home
again
at Leopold, the following Sunday...".
Oil Township includes the communities of
Apalona, Bandon, Branchville, Celina, Doolittle Mills, Oriole and St.
Croix. Oil Creek is seen on the 1875 map above, however, it is
not reported on a
present-day atlas. A creek by that name does run through the
township. - Apalona, PERRY COUNTY (Oil Township)
- Bandon, PERRY COUNTY (Oil Township)
- Branchville, PERRY COUNTY (Oil Township)
- Celina, PERRY COUNTY (Oil Township)
- Doolittle Mills, PERRY COUNTY (Oil Township)
- Oil Creek, PERRY COUNTY (Oil Township)
- Oriole, PERRY COUNTY (Oil Township)
- St. Croix, PERRY COUNTY (Oil Township)
Tobin Township includes the communities of
Dodd, Gerald, Hardingrove, Lauer, Rome and Tobinsport. Rocky
Point
is situated at the Troy and Tobin Townships border. Waterbury is
seen
on the 1875 map above, however, it is not reported on a present-day
atlas. - Dodd, PERRY COUNTY (Tobin Township)
- Gerald, PERRY COUNTY (Tobin Township)
- Hardingrove, PERRY COUNTY (Tobin Township)
- Lauer, PERRY COUNTY (Tobin Township)
- Rome, PERRY COUNTY (Tobin Township)
- Rocky Point, PERRY COUNTY (Tobin Township at Troy Township
boundary)
- Waterbury, PERRY COUNTY (Tobin Township)
Cemeteries include:
Old Bryant Cemetery - Located on Thrifty Road, which branches west off
SR 66, about midway between Derby and Rome, Indiana.
Troy Township includes the communities of
Cannelton (former county seat), Tell City (county seat) and Troy.
Rocky Point is
situated at
the Troy and Tobin
Townships border. Troy township is the home township of the Perry
county seat. All of it's towns are located on the Ohio River,
which is it's southern
boundary. The Hoosier National Forest, which encompasses most of
the
eastern half of Perry County, includes the northeastern corner of Troy
township.- Tell City Historical Society
- 548 - 9th Street - Tell City, IN
47586
Phone: (812) 547-9695
- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 728 -
Tell City, IN 47586-0383
- Tell
City Public Library
- 2328 Tell Street - Tell City, IN
47586 Phone: (812) 547-2661
- Cities
of Troy: Troy,
Indiana -- In The Past 162 Years!, Written July 22, 1966
- Cannelton
Brochure (.pdf) and history, by Cannelton Elem. Media Club
- http://www.siec.k12.in.us/cannelton/quest/
- http://www.siec.k12.in.us/cannelton/echoes/
- http://www.siec.k12.in.us/cannelton/Cotton_Mill.htm
Union Township includes the communities of
Derby, Dexter, Magnet and Mount Pleasant. The Hoosier National
Forest, which encompasses most of the eastern half of Perry County,
includes most of Union township within it's boundaries. The towns
of Derby and Magnet are located on the Ohio River which is at the
township's eastern boundary. - Derby, PERRY COUNTY (Union
Township)
- Dexter, PERRY COUNTY (Union Township)
- Magnet, PERRY COUNTY (Union Township)
- Mount Pleasant, PERRY COUNTY (Union Township)
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HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann
McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, and with the vast resources of the
Allen County
Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical
collections in North America. Search the Library's online catalogue to
see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.
Printed resources for this page include:
- Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. First Edition,
Second Printing. Yarmouth, Maine: Delorme. 1998.
- School and Library Atlas of the World. Fred W.
Foster, Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore, Illinois: School and
Library Publishing Company. 1982.
- New Sectional Township Map of Indiana. Chicago,
Illinois : Higgins Belden & Co., 1875.
- The
Perry County Historical/Pictorial History - Limited Edition
History Book, by Michael Rutherford, sponsored by the Perry County
Chamber of Commerce.
- To identify other printed resources for Perry County, Indiana,
search the Allen County Public Library's online catalogue.
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