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Perry County is located in Southern Illinois. Pinckneyville, at the center of the county, is approximately 70 miles (110 km) southeast of St. Louis, Missouri and 300 miles (480 km) southwest of Chicago.
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Perry County was formed on January 29, 1827. It was named for Commodore Oliver H. Perry. When Perry County was established, 80 acres were taken from nearby Jackson and Randolph counties; 20 acres were reserved for the county seat. On May 17, 1857, Pinckneyville (named after Charles Cotesworth Pinckney) was organized and named as the county seat ...
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 ...
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2 lanes of Route 51/ IL 150 (planned) Crosses: Mississippi River: Locale: Perryville, Missouri and Chester, Illinois: Official name: Don Welge Memorial Bridge: Other name(s) New Chester Bridge: Characteristics; Design: Cable-stayed bridge: History; Construction start: 2023: Construction end: 2026 (planned) Construction cost: $284 million (2023 ...
South Central Illinois Mass Transit District is a provider of mass transportation in Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, Marion, Perry and Washington counties in Illinois, with deviated fixed-routes serving numerous cities, as well as demand-response service across the counties. As of 2021, the system provided 60,311 rides over 14,109 annual vehicle ...
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.