Editing Perry, Michigan (section)

==History==
A post office has been in operation in Perry since 1850.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MI&county=Shiawassee | title=Shiawassee  County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> The city was named for [[Oliver Hazard Perry]], an American naval commander in the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BT8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1689%2C2760640 | title=Ghost towns and post offices of Shiawassee County visited | work=The Argus-Press | date=October 2, 2000 | access-date=2 May 2015 | pages=3}}</ref> Perry was incorporated in 1893.<ref>[http://www.shiawasseehistory.com/perry.html History of Shiawasse3e County, Michigan]</ref> Perry is also home to the [[Charles H. Calkins House|Calkins-McQueen Museum]], a home turned museum listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The Calkins-McQueen museum is currently preserved by the [https://www.perryhistoricalsociety.com Perry Historical Society].