Local events in Perry
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How Perry began
Perry village grew around the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway depot in Perry Township, which Geauga County organized in 1815 and named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. By 1878 the county history said the township's business was transacted at or near the depot, where two general stores, a millinery, a meat market, a blacksmith and shoe and harness shops stood. About eighty electors petitioned on June 2, 1913, to incorporate a two-square-mile trade district of some 500 people as the Village of Perry. Its business center later moved from the railroad on Main Street to Center Road, and the 1880 Lucius Green House still stands on Main Street.
Incorporated 1913 (petition filed June 2 with about 80 signatories), by E.M. Orcutt and J.F. Brown, petition spokesmen.
Where the name comes from
The village, like its surrounding township, is named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, whose 1813 victory at the Battle of Lake Erie was a decisive War of 1812 turning point.
Before the town
No Native American village, trail or site inside Perry village is recorded in the 1878 county history's Perry chapter or the other sources consulted. Indian Point, the county's documented earthwork, lies in neighboring LeRoy Township despite sharing ZIP code 44081. Perry Township was one of four townships the Connecticut Land Company selected before its general drawing, on land ceded under the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.
Timeline
- — Ezra Beebe, probably the township's first settler, lives near the Grand River before 1810; Lemuel Ellis, Elijah Hanks, David Allen and a family named Simonds also arrive before that year.
- — Charles R. Wright, son of Thomas L. Wright, is born in the fall, the first child born in Perry Township.
- — Perry Township is organized by order of the Geauga County commissioners, with its first election on July 1; Caleb Bates, John A. Harper and Elijah Hanks Jr. are elected trustees.
- — Adolphus Mason teaches the township's first term of school in a log cabin in the summer, and Methodist prayer meetings begin that winter in a log schoolhouse.
- — Gideon Moshier and family arrive from Genesee County, New York, buying the farm on which Thorndike and Drury later build the railroad furnace.
- — Hugh Mosher is born in Perry; he later serves as the model for the fifer in Archibald Willard's painting 'The Spirit of '76'.
- — Samuel Burridge completes a two-story brick building on the south ridge and opens the township's first store.
- — S. E. and H. N. Carter open the Perry cheese factory in April in the former Episcopal church building of Painesville, using the milk of four hundred cows the first year.
- — Nelson House starts a cider and vinegar works on lot 76; it burns in August 1873 and is rebuilt, making four thousand barrels of cider in 1876.
- — The township's stores are at the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern depot, where 'the business of the township is transacted', with the general stores of George M. Salkeld and H. A. Munch.
- — The Lucius Green House is built at 4160 Main Street.
- — Residents petition Lake County commissioners on June 2 to incorporate a two-square-mile railroad trade district as the Village of Perry; about 80 electors sign, representing roughly 500 residents.
- — The Lucius Green House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12.
Stories
A trade center at the depot
When Perry Township was settled after 1810 its business lay on the south ridge, where David Allen kept the first hotel in the township's first frame building and Samuel Burridge opened the first store in 1828 in a two-story brick building. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway changed that. By 1878 the county history reported that 'the business of the township is transacted' at or near the depot, where George M. Salkeld and H. A. Munch kept general stores, Mrs. B. Sinclair a millinery, W. W. Sinclair a meat market, Hulbert and Sweet a blacksmith shop, and others shoe and harness shops. Nearby were the Carter brothers' cheese factory, opened in 1865 in the old Painesville Episcopal church building, and A. J. Whiting's steam sawmill with a cheese-box shop. Thirty-five years later residents of that railroad district, about 500 people, petitioned to become the Village of Perry.
Local history sources: perryvillageohio.com · npgallery.nps.gov · en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · perrytownship-lake.com · painesville.com
Historic places
1 place in Perry on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Green, Lucius, HouseBuilding · Perry · listed 1976
- Address
- 4160 Main St.
- Where
- Perry, Lake County · ZIP 44081
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1976
- NRIS reference number
- 76001462
- Coordinates
- 41.75882, -81.13924
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Lake Erie, drawn through a 48-inch pipe extending about 4,000 feet offshore from the Painesville Township plant The water here
- Lake County East Water Subdistrict100% of residentsLake Erie
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Perry's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 3 public schools, 1 private school, 1 poor-rated bridge, 1 library, 1 museum and 1 spill case. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Perry Joint Fire District - Station 1 HeadquartersPerry
- Address
- 3742 Center Road, Perry, OH 44081
- Coordinates
- 41.77093, -81.14735
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (3)
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Perry Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Perry
- Address
- 1 Learning Ln, Perry, OH 44081
- School district
- Perry Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 545
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 31.5
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 86.8%
- Ohio building IRN
- 005264
- NCES school ID
- 390479003035
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Perry High School5 of 5 stars · Perry
- Address
- 1 Success Blvd, Perry, OH 44081
- School district
- Perry Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 505
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 27.08
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 90.4%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 96.2%
- Ohio building IRN
- 029710
- NCES school ID
- 390479003037
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Perry Middle School4 of 5 stars · Perry
- Address
- 2 Learning Ln, Perry, OH 44081
- School district
- Perry Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 433
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 26.45
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 79%
- Ohio building IRN
- 029728
- NCES school ID
- 390479003038
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Private schools (1)
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New Life Christian AcademyPrivate, religious, denomination-affiliated · Perry
- Address
- 4080 Call Rd, Perry, OH 44081
- Kind
- religious, denomination-affiliated
- Students, 2023-24
- 50
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 6
- Students per teacher
- 8.33333
- Phone
- (440) 223-2304
- NCES private school ID
- A1502938
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Bridges rated poor (1)
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Manchester Road over Red Mill CreekPoor · built 1952
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1952
- Length
- 9 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 1,009
- Coordinates
- 41.76913, -81.13964
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.
Public libraries (1)
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Perry Public LibraryCentral library · Perry
- Address
- 3753 Main St., Perry, OH 44081
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Perry Public Library
- Open
- 3,224 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 18,000 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 40,144
- System's loans, FY2024
- 158,957
- People the system serves
- 8,862
- Phone
- (440) 259-3300
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (1)
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Perry Historical Society Of Lake County OhioHistorical society · Perry
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Perry
- Coordinates
- 41.76597, -81.14428
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Spills reported since 2021 (1)
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Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc Reached water2023-05-25 · Perry
- Reported
- 2023-05-25
- What spilled
- Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
- Reached a waterway
- Red Creek
- Where
- Perry, Lake County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2305EPA0000858
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Perry, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44081 Perry Township and Perry | 23% | Lake Erie, drawn through a 48-inch pipe extending about 4,000 feet offshore from the Painesville Township plant | 4.7 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1978 | Perry Local · 4.5 stars overall | 0.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Perry, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Who holds office
| Office | Name | Party | Term ends | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | James A. Gessic | 2027 | 3791 Center Rd. Perry, OH 44081 | |
| Council | Mike Glover | Republican | 2027 | 3967 Manchester Av. Perry, OH 44081 |
| Council | Rebecca Shimko | Democratic | 2027 | 4265 Harper St. Perry, OH 44081 |
| Council | Elias A. Coss | 2029 | 3954 Red Mill Cv. Perry, OH 44081 | |
| Council | Curtis Curd | Republican | 2029 | 3956 Main St. Perry, OH 44081 |
| Council | Brian Farley | 2029 | 4198 Manchester Ave. Perry, OH 44081 | |
| Council | Pamela Jenkins | 2029 | 3717 Leisurewood Ln. Perry, OH 44081 |
Roster as of 2026-01-23: county board of elections.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Member of Council | Lars Bjorksten 69, 5.11%; Elias Coss 182, 13.49%; Curtis Curd 165, 12.23%; Brian Farley 185, 13.71%; Ashley M. Hacking 161, 11.93%; Pamela Jenkins 194, 14.38%; Vanessa J. Rockwell 147, 10.9%; Jean Schonauer 91, 6.75%; Rick Walker 155, 11.49% |
| 2023-11-07 | Member of Council | Michael Glover 415, 47.43%; Rebecca Shimko 460, 52.57% |
| 2023-11-07 | Mayor | James Gessic 579, 100.0% |
| 2021-11-02 | Member of Council | Philip R. Cassella 229, 25.25%; Elias A. Coss 222, 24.48%; Jean Schonauer 203, 22.38%; Rick Walker 253, 27.89% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
The county
Lake County: 8 ZIP codes, 23 cities, villages and townships, 232,447 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Perry, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.31 in
- 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
- rain so far in 2026
- 33.4 in
- 3.8 in below normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 56.2 in
- a normal year brings 76.7 in
- a normal year
- 45.0 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.31 | — | 28 |
| September 2026 | 3.04 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 6.56 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 2.94 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.21 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 3.84 | 0.0 | 31 |
| April 2026 | 4.78 | 0.0 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 4.66 | 3.6 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.50 | 9.4 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 2.56 | 43.2 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 3.17 | 18.9 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.11 | 7.3 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 68.8 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 24.6 in |
| Snowiest year | 1969 — 136.3 in |
| Wettest day on record | 28 July 2006 — 4.97 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 24 November 1950 — 16.75 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 29 November 1950 — 28.47 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Perry, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,507 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-28. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Perry: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 3
- those placed on the map inside Perry
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 1 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 1 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| PERRY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| HIDDEN VILLAGE SELF STORAGE | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Perry, Ohio in?
Perry is a village in Lake County, Ohio, with 1,602 residents.
When was Perry, Ohio founded?
Perry was incorporated 1913 (petition filed June 2 with about 80 signatories). Founders on record: E.M. Orcutt and J.F. Brown, petition spokesmen. Source
How did Perry, Ohio get its name?
The village, like its surrounding township, is named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, whose 1813 victory at the Battle of Lake Erie was a decisive War of 1812 turning point. Source
What ZIP code is Perry, Ohio?
Most of Perry is in ZIP code 44081.
Where does Perry, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Perry (Lake County East Water Subdistrict): Lake Erie, drawn through a 48-inch pipe extending about 4,000 feet offshore from the Painesville Township plant.
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