Back مقاطعة بيري (ألاباما) Arabic Perry County, Alabama BAR Пери (окръг, Алабама) Bulgarian পেরি কাউন্টি, আলাবামা BPY Perry Gông (Alabama) CDO Перри (гуо, Алабама) CE Perry County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Alabama) CEB Perry County, Alabama Welsh Perry County (Alabama) German Κομητεία Πέρι (Αλαμπάμα) Greek
Perry County | |
|---|---|
 Perry County courthouse in Marion | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Alabama | |
 Alabama's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 32°38′09″N 87°17′31″W / 32.635833333333°N 87.291944444444°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Alabama |
| Founded | December 13, 1819 |
| Named for | Oliver Hazard Perry |
| Seat | Marion |
| Largest city | Marion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 724 sq mi (1,880 km2) |
| • Land | 720 sq mi (1,900 km2) |
| • Water | 4.2 sq mi (11 km2) 0.6% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 8,511 |
| • Estimate (2023) | 7,738  |
| • Density | 12/sq mi (4.5/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 7th |
| Website | www |
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Perry County is a county located in the Black Belt region in the central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,511.[1] Its county seat is Marion.[2] The county was established in 1819 and is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island and the United States Navy.[3] As of 2020,[update] Perry County was the only county in Alabama, and one of 40 in the United States, not to have access to any wired broadband connections.[4]
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Owen, Thomas McAdory; Owen, Marie Bankhead (1921). History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography. Vol. 2. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 1108.
- ^ Analytics. "United States County Broadband Statistics for 2020 - BroadbandNow.com". BroadbandNow. Retrieved July 30, 2022.