Perry County, Kentucky
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Perry County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,473. Its county seat is Hazard. The county was founded in 1820. Both the county and county seat are named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero in the War of 1812.
County courthouse in Hazard
Oliver Hazard Perry
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Oliver Hazard Perry was an American naval commander, born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. A prominent member
of the Perry family naval dynasty, he was the son of Sarah Wallace Alexander and United States Navy Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, and older brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry.
A portrait of Oliver Hazard Perry in 1818 by Gilbert Stuart and Jane Stuart
Perry (standing) after abandoning Lawrence in a 1911 painting by Edward Percy Moran
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) flies a replica "Don’t Give Up the Ship" flag in 2020
Mural: Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. (1959) by Charles Robert Patterson and Howard B. French, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Niagara joins the battle. Detroit and Queen Charlotte at right.