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WELCOME TO INDIANA TRAILS
PERRY COUNTY
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and hosting your own Indiana Trails History and Genealogy County Site
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A Little History Of
Perry County
This
county was named in
honor of the gallant Commodore Oliver H. Perry. With the exception of
about twenty thousand acres of bottom land, along the Ohio. and
Anderson rivers, and some tracts of wet beech lands at the heads of the
streams. the balance of the county is very hilly. On the bottoms and a
portion of the hill sides and tops, the soil is rich, but much of the
largest part of the county is what is usually denominated poor land,
though there is but a small part of it which may not, with careful
farming. be made productive. The timber is of an excellent quality; the
best ot oak and poplar are found on the hills, and in the bottoms
sugar, beech, ash and walnut. The surplus articles exported are corn,
hay, pork, etc. The trade in wood and coal for the Ohio river
steamboats is large and profitable.
Cannelton, the county seat, is located in the southern part of the county. on the Ohio river. It is quite a large and flourishing town, with creditable public improvements.
Cannelton, the county seat, is located in the southern part of the county. on the Ohio river. It is quite a large and flourishing town, with creditable public improvements.
The Population in 1860 was 11,847 and in 1870 it was 14,801.
Places To Find Information In Perry County Indiana
| (For Birth & Death
Certificates from 1882) Perry County Health Department 125 S 8th Street Courthouse Annex Cannelton, IN 47520-1251 Phone: (812) 547-2746. |
(For Marriage, Divorce
& Probate Records) Perry County Circuit Court Clerk 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. |
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 |
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