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|subdivision_name2      = [[Clay County, Indiana|Clay]]
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|subdivision_name3      = [[Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana|Dick Johnson]]
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'''Perth''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana|Dick Johnson Township]], [[Clay County, Indiana|Clay County]], [[Indiana]]. It is part of the [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]] [[Terre Haute metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
Perth is located at {{coord|39|35|35|N|87|09|43|W|type:city}}.

==History==
Perth had its start in the year 1870 by the building of the railroad through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_1VLWAAAAMAAJ | title=Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical | publisher=F.A. Battey & Company | author=Blanchard, Charles | year=1884 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_1VLWAAAAMAAJ/page/n305 325]}}</ref> It was named after [[Perth, Scotland]], not [[Perth, Western Australia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n277 260]|quote=...and named for Perth, Scotland, birthplace of his ancestors.}}</ref> A post office was established at Perth in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1929.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Clay&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Clay County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 August 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Clay County, Indiana}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Clay County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana]]
[[Category:Terre Haute metropolitan area]]


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