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Perry is a city and the county seat of Taylor County, Florida, United States.As of 2020, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 6,898. [4] The city was named for Madison Perry, fourth governor of the state of Florida and a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War.
The Perry massacre was a racially motivated conflict in Perry, Florida, in December 1922.Whites killed four black men, including Charles Wright, who was lynched by being burned at the stake, and they also destroyed several buildings in the black community of Perry after the murder of Ruby Hendry, a white female schoolteacher.
Taylor County Historical Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization housed in the historic Bank of Perry building in Perry, Florida. The Taylor County Historical Society organization was established October 18, 1971 and houses a Historic Museum inside its building. The Museum is open Thursday afternoons to the public (call in advance).
Taylor County is a county located in the Big Bend region in the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida.As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,796. [1] Its county seat is Perry. [2]
“Between the 1920s and the 1950s, the New Perry Hotel was a regional tourist destination along Highway 41, becoming a popular stop for Florida vacationers along the busy route between ...
Location of Taylor County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Taylor County, Florida. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 3 properties listed on the National Register in the county.
Madison Starke Perry was born in 1814, in Lancaster County, South Carolina, the youngest child of Benjamin Perry and his wife Mary Starke. He attended South Carolina College, where he was a member of the Euphradian Society. He came to Florida in the 1830s and became a leader among the area's plantation owners. [1]
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