Perry, MO

Perry is a city in southwest Ralls County with 665 people at the 2020 census, part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area. It was platted in 1866 and named for William Perry Crostwaite, a first settler. A Perry post office has operated since that same year, giving the town an early civic thread that still connects its name to the county map.

The most visible historic landmark tied to Perry sits outside the city center. Greenlawn Methodist Church and Cemetery, also known as Scobee Chapel and Greenlawn Memorial Chapel, was listed on the National Register in 2007. Its churchyard setting gives Perry a concrete connection to rural Ralls County history, alongside the older postal and platting record. Perry's story stays close to its beginnings: a town laid out in 1866, mail service established at the start, a named founding settler, and a nearby church and cemetery carrying the area's older memory. The landmark keeps the town's name in a wider rural frame.