Perry County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Perry County

History

 * Named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
 * One of reasons the county was created because residents did not want to travel over the mountains to get to Carlisle which was the seat of Cumberland County.

Parent County
22 March 1820: Perry County was created 22 March 1820 from Cumberland County.

Populated Places
Perry county has two types of municipalities, boroughs and twonships. It has 9 boroughs: Blain, Duncannon, Landisburg, Liverpool, Marysville, Millerstown, Bloomfield, New Buffalo, and Newport; and 21 townships: Buffalo Township, Carroll Township, Centre Township, Greenwood Township, Howe Township, Jackson Township, Juniata Township, Liverpool Township, Miller Township, Northeast Madison Township, Oliver Township, Penn Township, Rye Township, Saville Township, Southwest Madison Township, Spring Township, Toboyne Township, Tuscarora Township, Tyrone Township, Watts Township, and Wheatfield Township. Bloomfield, though sometimes named New Bloomfield, is the county seat.

Neighboring Counties
Cumberland | Dauphin | Franklin | Juniata | Northumberland

Web Sites

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