page_title: Perry, Maine
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Perry, Maine / History
caption_attribution_description: English: General View of Perry, ME; from a c. 1910 postcard.
context_page_description: Perry is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States, on the Canada–United States border. At the 2010 census, the town had a population of 889.
context_section_description: Once part of Plantation T1 TS, the area was settled in 1758 by John Frost, who built a trading post beside the St. Croix River. Situated on Passamaquoddy Bay, the town was incorporated on February 12, 1818, 
  even as the British held Eastport 6 miles (10 km) away. It was named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the War of 1812. Part of the community lies within the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Indian Reservation.
caption: Perry c. 1910
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