Perry County, Indiana

 

Founding: November 1, 1814
Parent counties: Gibson and Warrick

Namesake: Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), U.S. naval commander
Seat: Rome (1814–1859); Cannelton (1859–1994); Tell City (1994–)

Land area: 382 square miles

Population (2010): 19,338

Population (historic): 2,330 (1820); 7,268 (1850); 16,997 (1880); 18,778 (1900); 16,625 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1960s

Subdivisions: Two cities; one town; seven townships

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,557 (18.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $603
Average outbuilding value (1930): $510

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,836
Average farm size (1920): 58 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Kentucky, Belgium, and Ohio

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Tell City

Namesake: William Tell, Swiss folk hero

Founding: 1858 (platting)

Population (2010): 7,272

Population (historic): 1,030 (1860); 2,122 (1880); 2,680 (1900); 4,873 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1858–1880; 1890–1930; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 683 (20%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. LaClere Log House (c. 1830). Charmaine Road. Clark Township. Razed.
2. Farm (c. 1890). Lakewood Road, north of Little Sulphur Creek. Leopold Township.
3. Georges Log House (1853). Lone Oak Road. Leopold Township.
4. *Jacob Rickenbaugh House (1874). Township Road 502. Oil Township.
5. House (c. 1860). South Rome Road, northwest of Rome. Tobin Township. Greek Revival/Italianate. Razed.
6. House (c. 1850). State Route 66, south of Tide Road. Tobin Township. Italianate. Razed.
7. House (c. 1870). State Route 66, west of Bear Creek. Tobin Township. Italianate.
8. Floyd Mason Farm (c. 1875). State Route 166, west of Deer Creek. Tobin Township. Italianate. Razed.
9. House (c. 1855). Shady Road. Troy Township.
10. House (c. 1835). State Route 545, at Sheridan Road. Razed.
11. Log House. Troy Ridge Road, west of Brushy Fork. Razed.

1. *Cannelton Cotton Mill (1849). 310 Washington Street. Cannelton. Italianate.
2. *Old Perry County Courthouse (1818). Courthouse Square. Rome.
3. *Nester House (c. 1863). 300 Water Street. Troy.