# Perry's Landing

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'''Perry's Landing,''' located in on the Brazos River in [Jones Creek](/source/Jones_Creek), [Brazoria County, Texas](/source/Brazoria_County%2C_Texas), is named for [James Franklin Perry](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Peach_Point_Plantation).<ref name="tshaonline"/> Perry's Landing is located approximately 18 miles south of [Angleton, Texas](/source/Angleton%2C_Texas).<ref name="tshaonline"/>

==Community development==
By 1884, Perry's Landing had a [church](/source/church_(building)), a [school](/source/school),  and a [general store](/source/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](/source/sugar), [cotton](/source/cotton), and [molasses](/source/molasses).<ref name="tshaonline"/> By the start of [World War I](/source/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"/>

==References==
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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

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