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The current courthouse is the third such structure. It was built in 1904 at a cost of $30,000. Perryville and Perry County were named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, Naval hero of the War of 1812. [7] [8] An early store in Perryville was a log structure built by Jean Ferdinand Rozier on the north side of the square. [9]
He was the owner and operator of the Park-Et Motel. He died in 1993 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis at age 54. [8] Kim R. Moore 1982 1984 Robert J. Miget [9] [10] (1936-2007) 1984 2007 U.S. Army veteran who was employed at the Republic-Monitor newspaper, 1959–2001. Debbie Gahan 2008 Perryville's first woman mayor. [11] Ken Baer [1] (born c. 1946)
At the presidential level, Perry County is a reliably Republican stronghold. John McCain easily carried the county over Barack Obama in 2008, and George W. Bush carried Perry County by even stronger margins in 2000 and 2004. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win Perry County was Lyndon B. Johnson in the landslide Election of 1964.
Founded in 1937 as North Mississippi Community Hospital. Name changed to North Mississippi Medical Center in 1967. [35] Total bed numbers include North Mississippi Medical Center Women's Hospital. [36] North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point: West Point: Clay: 49: Level IV: No: Previously known as Ivy Memorial Hospital, then Clay County ...
Perryville, which typically sees at least 50,000 visitors annually, opened two museums — the American Tractor Museum and a full-scale replica of Washington, D.C.’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial ...
2nd Perry County Courthouse, 1861-1903. In the early days before statehood, court sessions took place in private homes or the parish houses. By 1821, the population of the Barrens and surrounding area warranted the separation of the southeastern portion of Ste. Genevieve County into a new county, Perry County. After Perry County was organized ...
An official cause of death could still take several weeks.
The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 destroyed what little was left of the community. [5] Today only a few house foundations, steps, and the paved riverfront boat dock remain. In 1994, the Lutheran Historical Society of Perry County erected a large marker on the site where the Wittenberg Lutheran Church once stood. [5]