Perrysville, IN

Perrysville is a town in Highland Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 census counted 456 residents. Perrysville was platted and surveyed in 1825 by James Blair on a bluff on the west side of the Wabash River. The town is named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the Battle of Lake Erie. Perrysville is in the North Vermillion Community School Corporation. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Perrysville, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Perrysville, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Perrysville is located in the northeast part of the county on the western banks of the Wabash River. Indiana State Road 32 passes through the town.