Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
PERRY COUNTY, situated in the central part of Ohio. Area, 400 square miles. Face of the country, hilly; soil productive. Seat of justice, Somerset. Pop. in 1820, 8,429; in 1830, 14,018; in 1840, 19,344; in 1850, 20,775. (Fanning's, 1853)