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Perry's Population Expected to Be
10,000 by 1980, City Planners Say
THE PEOPLE OF PERRY
Historically, Perry has served
Houston County and the surround
ing area well—it has been a strong
center of County government, and
has been the hub for supplying
poods and services needed by the
farmers and other residents. The
industrial revolution of Houston
County has caused many changes,
and the Town and County are both
in the throes of re-adjustment
thusly created. HOWEVER, it is
important to keep in mind that
Perry grew up to serve the farm
ers of the County, and still is ex
pected to be the center of politi
cal activity—therefore, it has an
irreplaceable and responsible role
in the future of this area.
As the oldest major town in the
County, and as the center of coun
ty administration, Perry’s leader
ship is indispensable. Further, this
community is an important stabili
zing force which keeps the County
on an even keel in the turbulent
seas of rapid industrial expansion
and agricultural transition.
Perry is bursting out at its
seams. From a population of 1542
persons in 1940, Perry has grown
to 6,032 persons in 1960. With this
dramatic growth behind us, the
problem ahead is clear—HOW DO
WE PLAN AND PREPARE FOR
OUR COMMUNITY IN THE YEAR
1980?
In order to plan and prepare for
our Town—just a short 20 years
away—we need to know how many
people we may expect to have.
Therefore, let us study for a mo
ment what has happened and gaze
into the crystal ball of the future
for Perry
What is Happening Around
Perry and Houston County?
With Perry growing at such a
rapid rate, one might be led to
think that this is just a general
growth which is being experienced
by all towns in surrounding areas
.... but such is not the case, for
many of the nearby towns are
actually declining; many of the
neighboring counties are losing
population; AND NONE OF THE
COUNTY SEATS IN THE AREA
HAVE GROWN SO FAST.
A look at these neighbors pro
vides us with a much better idea
of just how fast we are growing
and may suggest ways of reaping
maximum benefit from the mo
mentum of Perry’s exploding
growth. The table on the following
page reflects this comparison
within the immediate region.
Population Changes— Perry
And It’s Neighbors (1950-1960)
City Population in:
1950 1960
Cochran 3,357 4,714
Fort Valley 6,820 8,310
Hawkinsville 3,342 3,967
Jeffersonville 1,013
Macon 70,252 69,764
Oglethorpe 1,204 1,169
PERRY 3,849 6,032
Roberta 2,099
Vienna 2,202 2,099
Warner Robins 7,986 18,633
City Change in:
People Per cent
Cochran 1,357 UP 40.5%
Fort Valley ... 1,490 UP 21.8%
Hawkinsville ... 625 UP 18.7%
Jeff’sville ...
Macon 488 DOWN 0.7%
Oglethorpe 35 DOWN 2.9%
PERRY 2,283 UP 59.4%
Roberta
Vienna 103 DOWN 4.7%
W. Robins 10,647 UP 133.4%
All around Perry, counties have
followed the national trend toward
declining small farm operations
and a general movement of people
from rural areas into towns and
cities. This change is vividly shown
in Table 2 in the Appendix, which
shows that only Houston, Bibb and
Peach counties have had a net
gain in population in the past 20
years, while Bleckley, Crawford,
Dooly, Macon, Pulaski and Twiggs
counties have suffered a net loss.
(See the illustration “County Pop
ulation Changes”).
From the table above, we see
that several of Perry’s neighboring
towns have lost population while
Perry has been gaining rapidly.
The comparison is even more stri
king when considered in light of
the fact that many of Georgia’s
counties have lost population in
the migration of people from the
farms—only to have the county
seats gain population as people
have moved from rural into urban
areas. Thus, by any yardstick of
measurement, Perry is growing
rapidly in relation to its neighbor
ing county seats.
The only town nearby which has
outstripped Perry’s growth is War
ner Robins, which of course has
grown because of the peculiar
mushrooming into existence of
Robins Air Force Base. After Per
ry in growth has come Cochran,
with an increase of 40.5 per cent
as compared with Perry’s 59.4 per
cent growth.
The preceding table about
growth shows another strange phe
nomenon!—Perry has grown while
even its big neighbor, Macon, has
lost population within its corpor
ate limits. Undoubtedly, Macon’s
decrease reflects the typical urban
movement of people from the city
into the fringe areas or suburbs—
but this is a point worthy of spe
cial note, since it is conceivable
that such small outlying towns as
Perry may serve as home towns
for persons working in Macon and
desiring the quietness and spaci
ousness of the smaller town as a
place in which to live. This idea
takes on added significance as we
consider improved networks which
will bring the industrial sites of
south Macon within minutes of the
residential areas of Perry.
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Editor, Home Journal
Yes I do need the Houston
Home Journal. It brings me the
whole spirit of home.
Here in Guilford, tonight, we’re
in the midst of a howling snow
storm! The lakes and rivers are
still all ice; and where snow isn’t,
mud is! Mud on children’s boots,
mud on dog’s feet, mud on floors,
rugs, furniture and everything!
It’s a good season in Maine.
The children try to find a bare
spot to jump rope, play baseball
and fly kites. Believe me, it’s hard
jto do.
As soon as the middle of the
streets are bare, the bravest ones
get their bicycles out. Bicycles in
Maine have a long winter’s rest,
so they’re just like new come
April.
Food wise, things are looking
up. I can buy black-eyed peas, col
lard greens, goose neck squash,
turnip greens and okra, none of
which I could find a year ago.
Please convey to Evelyn Hunt
that they don’t play marbles with
holes here either, and I’m afraid
it’s a hopeless cause. I have three
sons, 14, 13 and 9, and in all these
years they haven’t been convinced
that’s the way to play!
Now don’t get me wrong, I love
Maine. You should be here during
our beautiful summers, enjoying
the numerous lakes, streams and
rugged sea coast. Our falls are viv
id and beautiful. To go out hunt
ing on a crisp morning is paradise.
Winter is truly a wonderland, with
skiing, skating, ice fishing, and
scenery that can’t be descrbed.
Spring? It’s lovely, if it ever
comes, all feathery green, and so
appreciated by all us pore woods
queer critters that have lived
through another mud season.
DOROTHY GILES ESTES
(Mrs. James K.)
Guilford, Maine
Catholics Attend
Albany Convention
Mrs. Martin Austin and Mrs.
Louis Horsting attended the Dio
cesan Council of Catholic Women
Convention, Savannah Diocese,
held this past weekend at Radium
Springs, Albany.
Mrs. Austin was asked to pre
• side as Judge and Mrs. Horsting as
voting delegate of the Perry Coun
i cil of Catholic Women.
The Houston Home Journal, Perry, Ga., Thurs., April 20, 1961
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