Editing Perry, Utah

{{short description|City in Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|official_name            = Perry, Utah
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|motto                    = "Building a Community Together"
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|image_caption            = The Heritage Community Theatre, a Perry landmark
|image_map                = Box Elder County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas Perry highlighted.svg
|map_caption              = Location in [[Box Elder County, UT|Box Elder County]] and the state of [[Utah]]
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|map_caption1             = Location of Utah in the United States
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Utah]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Utah|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder]]
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|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1853
|named_for                = Gustavus Adolphus Perry
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|area_total_km2           = 20.72
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|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 4512
|pop_est_as_of            = 2019
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|population_est           = 5248
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|population_density_sq_mi = 656.08
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|timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 84302
|area_code                = [[Area code 435|435]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 49-59390<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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|blank1_info              = 2411405<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411405}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.perrycity.org}}
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Perry''' is a city in [[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder County]], [[Utah]], United States. The population was 4,512 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4959390| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202951/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4959390| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Perry city, Utah| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=July 11, 2015}}</ref>

== History ==
Land in the area now known as Perry was first claimed in 1851 by [[Orrin Porter Rockwell]] and his brother Merritt, at a place now called Porter Spring. However, they only laid claim to the land and did not build a residence. Settlement by [[LDS pioneers]] began in 1853, when William Plummer Tippets built a cabin at the settlement known as "Three Mile Creek", there being a creek three miles south of Box Elder (now [[Brigham City]]). Another settlement known as "Welsh Settlement" was midway between Three Mile Creek and Box Elder, which joined with Three Mile Creek in 1869. In 1898 the community was renamed Perry after Gustavus Adolphus Perry and his family, who were among the early settlers.<ref>[[Lee Tom Perry|Lee Perry]], [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1975/02/elder-l-tom-perry-of-the-council-of-the-twelve?lang=eng "Elder L. Tom Perry of the Council of the Twelve"], ''[[ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]]'', February 1975, p. 9.</ref>

In 1854 Gustavus Adolphus Perry was made [[LDS Church|LDS]] [[Ward (LDS Church)#Branch|branch]] president at the location. It had various branch presidents from then until 1877. In 1877 it was made a [[ward (LDS Church)|ward]] with Orrin Alonzo Perry as [[bishop (Latter Day Saints)|bishop]].<ref>[[Andrew Jenson]]. ''[[Encyclopedic History of the Church]]''. vol. ? p. 651.</ref> In 1930 there were 341 inhabitants in Perry. It still only had enough Latter-day Saints for one ward. In the spring of 2008 the Perry Utah Stake was created by a division of the [[Willard, Utah|Willard]] Utah Stake. This [[stake (Latter Day Saints)|stake]] consists of nine wards, but one of the wards in the Willard Stake is a Perry Ward as well.<ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/tools/stake-and-ward-websites?lang=eng Perry Stake website homepage]</ref>

In June 1896 a partially completed reservoir at the mouth of Three Mile Creek Canyon (now Perry Canyon) overflowed, flooding much of the town, destroying homes and covering farms with mud and gravel. A second flood in 1923 caused less damage.<ref name="boxeldercounty.org">[http://www.boxeldercounty.org/perry-history.htm Perry History, Box Elder County website]</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Utah (16217331845).jpg|thumb|left|Looking east from [[Interstate 15 in Utah|I-15]] toward Perry, Utah and the [[Wasatch Range|Wasatch Mountains]], October 2014]]

Perry is located in southeastern Box Elder County and is bordered by [[Brigham City, Utah|Brigham City]] to the north and [[Willard, Utah|Willard]] to the south. The east side of the city is bordered by [[Cache National Forest]] at the northern end of the [[Wasatch Range]].

Interstate Highways [[Interstate 15 in Utah|15]] and [[Interstate 84 in Utah|84]] run through the western side of the city, with access south of the city from Exit 357 in Willard and north of the city from Exit 362 through Brigham City. [[U.S. Route 89 in Utah|U.S. Route 89]] runs through the center of the city.

The city has historically been primarily rural and agricultural, consisting of family dairies, cattle farms, and fruit orchards, with many fruit stands along U.S. 89 through Box Elder County to southern [[Idaho]] known as Utah's Fruit Belt.<ref>Jeff Vice, [https://www.deseret.com/1993/5/17/19047199/fruit-stands-going-strong-despite-i-15/ Fruit Stands Going Strong Despite I-15], Deseret News, May 17, 1993</ref> It is now primarily a suburban residential community,<ref name="boxeldercounty.org"/> with some commercial activity along the northern border with Brigham City and along U.S. 89.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|20.8|sqkm|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1900= 260
|1910= 292
|1920= 367
|1930= 341
|1940= 383
|1950= 449
|1960= 587
|1970= 909
|1980= 1084
|1990= 1211
|2000= 2383
|2010= 4512
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
|2020=5555}}
As of the [[census]] of 2010,<ref name="Census 2010" /> there were 4,512 people, 1,373 households, and 1,179 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 564 people per square mile (216.9/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 1,427 housing units at an average density of 178.4 per square mile (68.6/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 94.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.6% of the population.

There were 1,373 households, out of which 46.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.1% were non-families. 12.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 3.60.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 36.1% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 101 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.

During the census of 2000,<ref name="GR2" /> the median income for a household in the city was $52,500, and the median income for a family was $57,857. Males had a median income of $41,761 versus $26,806 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $19,092. About 1.2% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Perry is part of the Box Elder School District. The city has one public, and one [[charter school|public charter]], elementary school. Students attend schools in Willard and Brigham City for other grades.
* Three Mile Creek Elementary
* Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning

==Recreation==
The city has four parks, one with a [[baseball]] diamond and room for [[soccer]], one with two soccer fields, and one a nature park.<ref>[http://www.perrycity.org/city-parks.htm Perry City Parks]</ref> Trails for hiking lead up the canyons into [[Cache National Forest]], and connect with the [[Bonneville Shoreline Trail]].

==See also==
{{portal|Utah}}
* [[List of cities and towns in Utah]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Perry, Utah}}
* {{official website|http://www.perrycity.org}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Perry
|North     = [[Brigham City, Utah|Brigham City]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Mantua, Utah|Mantua]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Willard, Utah|Willard]]
|Southwest = ''[[Willard Bay]]''
|West      = 
|Northwest = 
}}

{{Box Elder County, Utah}}

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[[Category:Cities in Box Elder County, Utah]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1853]]
[[Category:Cities in Utah]]