as built by the North Texas and Santa Fe Railway and operated by the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway. When neither of the communities of Ochiltree or Gray got the railroad, the citizens decided to move both towns to the railroad and merge into a new community named Perryton. It was named after George M. Perry, an early county judge.

2023 tornado

On the evening of June 15, 2023, an EF3 tornado struck north Perryton. The devastating tornado tracked

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