This background information came from Baltimore County, Maryland's website , www.perryhallmaryland.us
Perry Hall is a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland, located about ten miles northeast of the city. Perry Hall is bordered by the Great Gunpowder Falls on the north,
Pulaski Highway on the east, White Marsh Run on the south, and the Baltimore Gas & Electric power lines on the west.
Perry Hall is an unincorporated community in northeastern Baltimore County. That means that while there is a strong sense of local pride, Perry Hall does not have a local government. Perry Hall receives services such as education, recreation and parks, and police protection from Baltimore County.
The community traces its roots to 1775, when Baltimore merchant Harry Dorsey Gough purchased a 1,000-acre estate near the Great Gunpowder River. He named this property "Perry Hall," after a family estate near Birmingham, England, and completed construction of what is now called the Perry Hall Mansion. Following Gough's conversion to Methodism, the Perry Hall Mansion became a refuge for leaders such as Francis Asbury, who later became the first Methodist bishop. After the Civil War, the Perry Hall estate was subdivided among immigrant families, many of whom were German, and the village was commonly called "Germantown." In the Twentieth Century, dairies and nurseries gave way to housing developments and shopping centers. Today, Perry Hall is quintessentially suburban, with good schools, many churches, and one of the largest recreation programs in
Baltimore County.
Perry Hall is truly "Baltimore County's crossroads." The community's growth coincided with the development of the Baltimore and Jerusalem Turnpike. In the Twentieth Century, Interstate-95 and the Baltimore Beltway helped link Perry Hall to communities up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Today, one of Perry Hall's greatest assets is its accessibility.
As of the 2000 U.S. Census, there were 28,705 people in Perry Hall, or 11,328 households. About one-third of all households had children under the age of 18. Much of Perry Hall's growth is occurring in the northeastern quadrant of the community, in a development zone called Honeygo. Perry Hall is proud of its heritage and confident of its future.
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