Palmer Divide Research

Perry Park

Also: Pleasant Park · Perry · Lake Wauconda

Towns and settlementsLiving todayDouglas County

What we know

Hayden's 'Pleasant Park' (1869); Lake Wauconda dammed 1888; Olmsted hired 1889; PO Perry 1890-95, Perry Park 1892-1906; subdivided 1968-74.

Today: Census-designated place

Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 1852847

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

See it on the map

Sources

Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.

Know more about Perry Park?

Corrections, family stories, photographs, deeds, letters and maps are all welcome. Messages and files come to Michael Christensen privately; nothing appears on the site until it has been checked, and you'll be credited the way you ask.