'''Perry's Landing,''' located in on the Brazos River in Jones Creek, Brazoria County, Texas, is named for James Franklin Perry.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvpcw | title = Perry's Landing, Texas | last = Allen | first = Winnie | work = Handbook of Texas Online | accessdate = 12 March 2010}}</ref> There is an Historical Marker<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5039009585 |accessdate = 12 March 2010 |title = James Franklin Perry |work = Texas Historical Markers |first1 = William |last1 = Nienke |first2 = Sam |last2 = Morrow |year = 2005 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110707072323/http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5039009585 |archivedate = 7 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tsr.4101.org/markers/brazoria/79.html |work=Texas Settlement Region |accessdate=13 March 2010 |title=Perry, James Franklin |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205050352/http://tsr.4101.org/markers/brazoria/79.html |archivedate=December 5, 2008 }}</ref> for James Franklin Perry at the Gulf Prairie Cemetery.
==Postal service and name change== A Postmaster for Perry's Landing was established on December 7, 1871.<ref name = "rootsweb1">{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txpost/brazoria.html |title=Brazoria County, Texas |publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com |date= |accessdate=2010-05-09}}</ref> Postal Service to Perry's Landing was discontinued April 20, 1893, but a new postmaster was named and service began again on March 6, 1894 under the name "Perry Landing."<ref name = "rootsweb1"/> The postal office continued to operate until 1929.<ref name="tshaonline">{{cite web|author=Diana J. Kleiner |url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvpcw |title=Handbook of Texas Online - PERRY LANDING, TX |publisher=Tshaonline.org |date= |accessdate=2010-05-09}}</ref>
Perry's Landing was the original name of Peach Point Plantation.<ref name="tshaonline"/> Perry's Landing is located approximately 18 miles south of Angleton, Texas.<ref name="tshaonline"/>
==Community development== By 1884, Perry's Landing had a church, a school, and a general store.<ref name="tshaonline"/> There were then thirty residents.<ref name="tshaonline"/> Perry's Landing also had warehouses from which local industry could ship commodities such as sugar, cotton, and molasses.<ref name="tshaonline"/> By the start of World War I in 1914, Perry's Landing had more than tripled in population, with over 100 residents. Industry grew there too, including a syrup manufacturer and three general stores.<ref name="tshaonline"/>
==Perry's Landing Steam Ferry Company== The Perry's Landing Steam Ferry Company<ref name="ReferenceA">Secretary of State of Texas, Business Organizations Inquiry, Filing Number 368400, Document Number 7256237</ref> assisted locals, visitors and transients to cross of the Brazos River. The ferry could accommodate at least four mules and a wagon filled with supplies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.munsons-of-texas.net/c20.html |title=Mordello Stephen and Sarah K. Munson and their eight children and seven stepchildren at Ridgely Plantation |publisher=The Munsons of Texas |date= |accessdate=2010-05-09}}</ref> The company was filed with the State of Texas on April 2, 1888.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
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==Further reading== *James A. Creighton, A Narrative History of Brazoria County (Angleton, Texas: Brazoria County Historical Commission, 1975). *Sallie Glasscock, "Peach Point Plantation," Texas Parade, April 1951. *{{citation|last=Jones|first=Marie Beth|title=Peach Point Plantation: The First 150 Years|publisher=Texian Press|year=1982|isbn=0-9630042-0-4}}
Category:Geography of Brazoria County, Texas