Editing Perrysville, Ohio (section)

==History==
The area was first permanently settled in 1810, but the village was not laid out until 1812.  One of the settlers, Judge Coulter, picked the most beautiful spot for a village with the intentions of laying out a village, and although he had no name planned his neighbors jokingly called it "Coulterville."<ref>Rice, Rosella.  "Rosella Rice (1827-1888)" A collection of short stories and histories, ed. Mary Jane Armstrong Henney.  p 6.</ref> Perrysville was originally called Freeport, and under the latter name was laid out in 1815.<ref name="Baughman 177">{{cite book|last=Baughman|first=Abraham J.|title=History of Ashland County, Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofashland00baug|year=1909|publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofashland00baug/page/177 177]}}</ref> The present name honors [[Oliver Hazard Perry]], remembered for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at the [[Battle of Lake Erie]].<ref name="Baughman 177" /> A post office called Perryville was established in 1820, and the name was changed to Perrysville in 1883.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Ashland | title=Ashland County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=December 27, 2015}}</ref>