Perry County, Arkansas

 

Founding: 1840
Parent county: Conway

Namesake: Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. naval officer
Seat: Perryville (1841–)

Land area: 551 square miles

Population (2020): 10,019

Population (historic): 978 (1850); 2,685 (1870); 5,538 (1890); 9,402 (1910); 7,695 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930s; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; five towns; 17 townships

National Register listings: 16

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 300 (6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 14.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 43.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $313
Average outbuilding value (1930): $134
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,265
Average farm size (1920): 35.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia
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Perryville

Namesake: Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. naval officer

Founding: 1841 (platting); 1841 (post office); 1873 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,373

Population (historic): 256 (1880); 300 (1900); 341 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1920; 1930–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3 (0.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *James Camp House (1917). 4684 State Route 60. Aplin. Craftsman.
2. *House (c. 1880). State Route 216, southwest of State Route 300. Rankin.