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Perry County
Contact InformationCounty Clerk and Recorder
Perry County Government Building
3764 State Rtes 13/127 South
Pinckneyville, IL 62274
618-357-5116
Circuit Clerk
Perry County Courthouse
Courthouse Sq., Box 219
Pinckneyville, IL 62274
618-357-6726
IRAD—c/o Records Management
Morris Library, Mail Code 6808
Southern Illinois University
1835 University Press Dr.
Carbondale, IL 62901-6808
618-453-3040
Established
- January 29, 1827 (Laws, 1827, p. 110)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named for Oliver Hazard Perry, a Commodore of the United States Navy, who won distinction as Commander of the fleet in the battle of Lake Erie, in 1813.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1816–1827 – Jackson
- 1795–1827 – Randolph
- 1790–1803 – St. Clair
County Seats
- 1827–present – Pinckneyville (Not officially approved until June, 1828.)
History of county governing board
- 1827–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1873 – County Court
- 1873–present – Board of County Commissioners
Township Government
- Perry County has never adopted township form of government. The county has been divided into precincts.
Precinct Names
- Beaucoup
- Cutler
- Denmark
- DuQuoin
- Paradise
- Pinckneyville
- Sunfield
- Swanwick
- Tamaroa
- Willisville
County Map
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