Perry County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1820
Parent county: Cumberland

Namesake: Oliver Perry, U.S. naval commander
Seat: Landisburg (1820–1827); New Bloomfield (1827–)

Land area: 551 square miles

Population (2020): 45,842

Population (historic): 11,342 (1820); 20,088 (1850); 25,447 (1870); 26,263 (1900); 21,744 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1930–2010

Subdivisions: Nine boroughs; 21 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,994 (24.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 80.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 23.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,258
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,146
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,105
Average farm size (1920): 66.4 acres
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New Bloomfield

Namesake: Unclear—likely a descriptive name

Founding: 1823 (platting); 1825 (post office); 1831 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,244

Population (historic): 412 (1840); 661 (1860); 673 (1880); 772 (1900); 730 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870–1900; 1910s; 1930–1950; 1960–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 281 (51.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. William Montgomery Inn (c. 1827). Susquehanna Trail and Bucks Valley Road. Buffalo. Federal. Razed.
2. Jesse McKee Farm (c. 1855). 2420 Cold Storage Road. Centre. Greek Revival/Italianate.
3. Joseph Eshelman House (c. 1875). 219 West Juniata Parkway. Greenwood. Italianate.
4. Blue Ball Tavern (c. 1860). State Park Road, south of Little Buffalo Road. Juniata.
5. Daniel Zeigler Farm (c. 1850). 2100 State Route 17. Liverpool. Greek Revival.
6. Peter Swartz House (c. 1870). 450 Tuscarora Road. Saville. Eclectic.
7. James Irvine Farm (c. 1845). 3675 Tuscarora Road. Saville.
8. Zachariah Rice House (c. 1875). 2 Greenbriar Road. Spring. Italianate.
9. Daniel Reapsome Farm (c. 1835). 465 Kistler Road. Spring.
10. William Dunkleberger House (c. 1870). 1141 Landisburg Road. Spring. Italianate.
11. Samuel Spotts Farm (c. 1830). 5929 Waggoner's Gap Road. Spring. Federal.
12. Israel Lupfer House (1852). 5040 Back Hollow Road. Toboyne.
13. Henry Shearer House-Barn. 2 Stone House Road. Tyrone.
14. Solomon Bernheisel House (1845). 199 Veteran's Way. Tyrone. Federal.
15. Bernheisel Mill (1836). 208 Veteran's Way. Tyrone.
16. John Bernheisel Farm (1806/1826). 346 Veteran's Way. Tyrone.

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