Perry

Perry County is a county in . According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 20,945. Its county seat is . It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known as "Little Egypt".
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  • Type: County with 21,200 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: Perry County”, “Perry County, IL”, and “Perry County, Illinois

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pinckneyville Correctional Center.

Prison
is a medium disciplinary-security state prison located in the town of in Perry County. Pinckneyville first opened its doors in 1998, the facility consists of five general population housing units.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pinckneyville.

Town
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is a city in and the county seat of Perry County in , United States. The population was 5,066 at the 2020 census. It is named for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, an early American diplomat and presidential candidate.

Perry

Latitude
38.0773° or 38° 4′ 38″ north
Longitude
-89.3761° or 89° 22′ 34″ west
Population
21,200
Elevation
404 feet (123 metres)
Open location code
86CG3JGF+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952673
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4246841
Wiki­data ID
Q486517
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Perry” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Perry County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بيري
  • Arabic: مقاطعه بيري، إلينوي
  • Armenian: Փերի շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Perry
  • Basque: Perry konderria
  • Bavarian: Perry County, Illinois
  • Bavarian: Perry County
  • Bishnupriya: পেরী কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স
  • Bishnupriya: পেরী কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Пери
  • Catalan: comtat de Perry
  • Cebuano: Perry County
  • Chechen: Перри (гуо, Иллинойс)
  • Chechen: Перри
  • Chinese: Perry Kūn
  • Chinese: 佩里县
  • Chinese: 佩里縣
  • Chinese: 佩里郡
  • Dutch: Perry County
  • Esperanto: kantono Perry
  • Esperanto: Kantono Perry
  • Esperanto: Perry County
  • Finnish: Perryn piirikunta
  • French: comté de Perry
  • French: Comté de Perry
  • French: Perry County
  • Georgian: პერის ოლქი
  • German: Perry County
  • Gilaki: پری ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)
  • Gilaki: پری ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: κομητεία Πέρι
  • Greek: Κομητεία Πέρι
  • Hebrew: מחוז פרי
  • Hungarian: Perry megye
  • Irish: Contae Perry
  • Italian: contea di Perry
  • Italian: Contea di Perry
  • Italian: Perry County
  • Japanese: ペリー・カウンティ
  • Japanese: ペリー郡
  • Korean: 페리군
  • Latin: Perry Comitatus
  • Low German: Perry County
  • Mazanderani: پری شهرستان (ایلینوی)
  • Mazanderani: پری شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Perry Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Perry Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Perry County i Illinois
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Perry County
  • Norwegian: Perry County
  • Persian: شهرستان پری، ایلینوی
  • Persian: شهرستان پری
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Perry
  • Portuguese: condado de Perry
  • Portuguese: Condado de Perry
  • Romanian: Comitatul Perry, Illinois
  • Romanian: Comitatul Perry
  • Russian: Перри
  • Sardinian: contea de Perry
  • Scottish Gaelic: Perry County
  • Serbian: Округ Пери
  • Serbo-Croatian: Perry County, Illinois
  • Serbo-Croatian: Perry County
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Perry
  • Slovenian: Perry County
  • Spanish: condado de Perry
  • Spanish: Condado de Perry
  • Spanish: Perry County
  • Swedish: Perry County, Illinois
  • Swedish: Perry County
  • Tatar: Перри (округ, Иллинойс)
  • Tatar: Перри
  • Turkish: Perry County, IL
  • Turkish: Perry County, Ill.
  • Turkish: Perry County, Illinois
  • Turkish: Perry County
  • Turkish: Perry ilçesi, IL
  • Turkish: Perry ilçesi, Ill.
  • Turkish: Perry ilçesi, Illinois
  • Turkish: Perry ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Перрі
  • Urdu: پیری کاؤنٹی، الینوائے
  • Urdu: پیری کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Perry
  • Vietnamese: Quận Perry, Illinois
  • Vietnamese: Quận Perry
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Perry, Illinois
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Perry
  • Welsh: Perry County, Illinois
  • Welsh: Perry County
  • Western Panjabi: پیری کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ
  • Western Panjabi: پیری کاؤنٹی

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Notable Places Nearby

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