Perth, Indiana

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Perth is an unincorporated community in Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Perth is located at {{coord|39|35|35|N|87|09|43|W|type:city}}.

History

Perth had its start in the year 1870 by the building of the railroad through that territory.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_1VLWAAAAMAAJ | title=Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical | publisher=F.A. Battey & Company | author=Blanchard, Charles | year=1884 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_1VLWAAAAMAAJ/page/n305 325]}} It was named after Perth, Scotland, not Perth, Western Australia.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n277 260]|quote=...and named for Perth, Scotland, birthplace of his ancestors.}} A post office was established at Perth in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1929.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Clay&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Clay County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 August 2014}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Clay County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Terre Haute metropolitan area