Perry (Ohio)
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 Location in Ohio
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Ohio |
| County : | Lake County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 46 ′ N , 81 ° 8 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 1,195 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 213.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 213 m |
| Postal code : | 44081 |
| Area code : | +1 440 |
| FIPS : | 39-61882 |
| GNIS ID : | 1044385 |
| Website : | www.perryvillage.info |
Perry is a village in Lake County in the US state of Ohio . At the time of the 2000 census , the parish had 1,195 inhabitants.
Geography and traffic
Lake County, located in the extreme northeast of Ohio, is the smallest county in the United States. Perry is a few miles inland from Lake Erie in this county between the towns of Madison and Painesville .
Perry is near two major road links, Interstate 90 and Ohio State Route 2 .
history
The place was named after Oliver Hazard Perry to commemorate his victory over the British fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813. The fight was a turning point in the war of 1812 .
The first settler in the Perry area was Ezra Beebe, who probably built a log cabin near the Grand River before 1810 . Beebe died in 1813 and was buried in the cemetery on what is now Center Road.
School operations began as early as 1815 in a small log cabin that had been built on what is now South Ridge Road that summer. Adolphus Mason was the first teacher here, he taught about a dozen students, some of whom had to go several miles here. The schoolhouse was also a meeting place and prayer hours were held here.
economy
Perry is known for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant , site of one of the largest boiling water reactors in the USA.
Education and health
The Perry Local School District includes Perry High School , Perry Middle School, and Perry Elementary School , which are housed on a new 40-acre campus that also includes a sports and fitness center . The Perry Local School District and the Lake Hospital System are working together to use the fitness center as a community health and wellness center . Since the late autumn of 2008, the Lake Hospital has set up a preventive and diagnostic center here and offers physical therapy .
Culture
From Perry comes u. a. the alternative rock band The Suede Brothers .