About Perrysburg

Brief History of Perrysburg

Perrysburg was named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry who secured a victory against the British on Lake Erie in 1813. It was expected that boats could make it to this point in the river thereby creating a bustling business center. Indeed for some years there were many mills, baskets, barrel staves, bricks, lumber, leather goods, and even boats 
produced on the waterfront and shipped out in schooners.

The county seat was also in Perrysburg until being moved to Bowling Green in 1870.  There was a railroad bridge as well as a toll bridge to Maumee. Later an electric trolley went to Toledo daily. Houses grew up, many self sufficient, with their own livestock and large gardens. The corner of Indiana and Louisiana was a common used to pasture cows. Later an ordinance was passed to prohibit pigs from wandering freely in the town.  As more houses were built out more and more toward the country, farms were pushed farther out into Wood County.

Today Perrysburg is a thriving suburb of Toledo with pleasure boats at the river docks, a school where cows used to graze, and a library where circus tents used to stand.

Directory of Organizations

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  1. 577 FOUNDATION
    577 E. Front Street
    Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
    Phone: (419) 872-0305
    Contact: Mary Mennel, Director
  2. HISTORIC PERRYSBURG, INC.
    305 W. Second Street
    Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
    Phone: (419) 874-3454
    Contact: Kate McPherson
  3. PERRYSBURG AREA ARTS COUNCIL
    134 W. South Boundary Suite T
    Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
    Phone: (419) 873-2087
    Contact: Robin Ballmer, Exec./Artistic Director
    Email: perrysburgart@aol.com
  4. PERRYSBURG AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    105 W. Indiana Ave.
    Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
    Phone: (419) 874-9147
    Contact: Sandy Latchem, Exec. Director
  5. PERRYSBURG AREA HISTORIC MUSEUM
    P.O.Box 1294
    Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
    Phone: (419) 874-6828
    Contact: Judy Justus, President
  6. PERRYSBURG CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
    105 W. Indiana
    Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
    Phone: (419) 874-9147
    Contact: Sandy Latchem, Exec. Director
  7. PERRYSBURG SENIOR CENTER
    140 W. Indiana Ave.
    Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
    Phone: (419) 874-0847
    Contact: Nedra Obreiter, Manager
  8. PERRYSBURG SYMPHONY CHORALE
    PO Box 1062
    Perrysburg, Ohio 43552
    Phone: (419) 874-9126
    Contact: Wendie Kiskaddon, President
  9. WOOD COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING
    305 N. Main Street
    Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
    Phone: (419) 353-5661
    Alt Phone: (800) 367-4935
  10. YMCA-NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY
    13415 Eckel Junction Road
    Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
    Phone: (419) 251-9652
    Contact: Jody Alexander, Exec. Director