Perry, FL Road Trips
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Trip Routes
4
Longest Drive
415.9 mi
Miami, FL
Quickest Drive
4h 35m
Brent, FL
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Perry, FL by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
6,965
Median Income
$44,815
Median Home Value
$122,900
Median Age
34.8
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Notable People from Perry, FL
A sampling of people born in Perry, FL.
Ethel Cain
1998
American singer-songwriter, born 1998
Troy Sneed
1967–2020
American musician (1967-2020)
Christine "Dead from" Falling
1963
American serial killer
City data from Wikidata (Q1065467), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Perry, FL
Perry is a city in Florida's Big Bend Coast region with a population of 7,000 as of 2010. The county seat of Taylor County, it's named after former governor and Confederate colonel Madison Perry.
The city, which is approximately 50 mi (80 km) southeast of Tallahassee, has had two major, unfortunate events in history. The Perry Race Riot took place in late 1922, during which the white population of the city attacked Perry's black community, bringing about multiple lynchings; and in 1998, a fire at a natural gas plant turned into an explosion, causing the hospitalization of multiple firefighters, the destruction of several houses and vehicles, and evacuation of homes. The area around the city has a subtropical climate as is typical in northern Florida.
1 Econfina River State Park, 4741 Econfina River Road, Lamont, ☏ +1 850 922-6007. The park, which is over 3,000 acres in area, includes pine flatwoods, forests, and salt marshes. Picnicking, birding, kayaking, canoeing, fishing, etc. are activities here. It's at the mouth of the Econfina River.
1 Deal's Famous Oyster House, 2571 US-98, ☏ +1 850 838-3325. (updated Jun 2020)
Hampton Inn, 2399 South Byron Butler Pkwy, ☏ +1 850 223-3000. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. (updated Jun 2020)
The city has a public-use airport, the 1 Perry-Foley Airport. There is a major airport in Orlando to the southeast.
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