Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
PERRY COUNTY, situated on the southerly boundary of Indiana, with Ohio river on the south. Area, 400 square miles. Face of the country, broken soil fertile. Seat of justice, Troy. Pop. in 1820, 2,330; in 1830, 3,378; in 1840, 4,655; in 1850, 7,268. (Fanning's, 1853)