Official Name: | Perth |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Clay County |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Clay County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clay |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Dick Johnson |
Coordinates: | 39.5931°N -87.1619°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 630 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47837 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-59310[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 441045 |
Perth is an unincorporated community in Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Perth is located at 39.5931°N -87.1619°W.
Perth had its start in the year 1870 by the building of the railroad through that territory.[3] It was named after Perth, Scotland, not Perth, Western Australia.[4] A post office was established at Perth in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1929.[5]