Perry, Iowa

Current Weather

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It is located about 30 miles [48 km] to the southeast of Perry and has a population of 198,682 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Ames. It is located about 27 miles [43 km] to the northeast of Perry and has a population of 50,731 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Altoona	E	34 mi [54.7 km]	13,854	33.92% increase
	Ankeny	E	26 mi [41.84 km]	42,287	55.94% increase
	Boone	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	12,614	1.48% decrease
	Carroll	W	42 mi [67.6 km]	9,985	1.2% decrease
	Clive	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	15,234	18.51% increase
	Fort Dodge	N	46 mi [74 km]	25,180	0.18% increase
	Grimes	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	8,419	65.14% increase
	Indianola	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	14,361	10.49% increase
	Johnston	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	15,691	81.42% increase
	Nevada	E	35 mi [56.3 km]	6,688	0.45% increase
	Norwalk	SE	32 mi [51.5 km]	8,821	28.14% increase
	Urbandale	SE	21 mi [33.8 km]	38,369	31.98% increase
	Waukee	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	12,367	141.26% increase
	Webster City	N	45 mi [72.4 km]	7,720	5.58% decrease
	West Des Moines	SE	25 mi [40.23 km]	55,426	19.44% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Adel	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	4,428	28.91% increase
	Beaver	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	51	3.77% decrease
	Berkley	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	27	12.5% increase
	Bouton	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	161	18.38% increase
	Dallas Center	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,734	8.71% increase
	Dawson	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	163	5.16% increase
	Grand Junction	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	848	12.03% decrease
	Granger	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,054	80.79% increase
	Jamaica	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	223	5.91% decrease
	Madrid	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	2,391	5.61% increase
	Minburn	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	469	19.95% increase
	Ogden	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,974	2.42% decrease
	Rippey	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	276	13.48% decrease
	Woodward	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,429	19.08% increase
	Yale	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	259	9.76% decrease

Dallas County

Perry is located in Dallas County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dallas: Adair, Boone, Greene, Guthrie, Madison, Polk and Warren.

While not sharing a border with Dallas, the following counties are close to Perry: Story, Webster and Carroll.

Below are counties that are near Perry (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Perry:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Perry
	Adair County	SW	Stuart	26 miles [41 km]
	Audubon County	W	Larland	35 miles [56 km]
	Boone County	NW	Angus	4 miles [6 km]
	Calhoun County	NW	Farnhamville	34 miles [54 km]
	Carroll County	W	Coon Rapids	29 miles [46 km]
	Greene County	NW	Rippey	8 miles [12 km]
	Guthrie County	W	Jamaica	10 miles [16 km]
	Hamilton County	N	Stratford	30 miles [48 km]
	Jasper County	E	Mitchellville	39 miles [62 km]
	Madison County	S	Clucas	23 miles [37 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Perry. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

Other Roadside Stops

Off-the-Road Links

Footnotes