Built in 1832, the Cedar Grove Iron Furnace was operational until early February 1862, when the fall of Fort Henry opened the Tennessee River to Flag-Officer Andrew H. Foote’s muddy water fleet. One or more of these Federal gunboats lobbed cannonballs almost two miles from the river toward the vicinity of the furnace.

One of the oldest houses in Perry County, Tennessee, the James Dickson House, built in 1819, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.  According to local history, the first county court of Perry County met here the first Monday in January 1820, following the creation of the county by the Tennessee General Assembly late in 1819. 

Pinckney's Tomb is considered to be the largest grave house in Tennessee.  The grave house is a limestone and wood structure that covders the burial site of a local farmer, Pinckney Hufstedler, and members of his family.  It was originally built as a graveyard for about 10 to 12 burials, surrounded by a wall of cut stone almost 5 feet high.  Wooden walls and a roof were added because of Pinckney Hufstedler's fears that water could get into his tomb. 

Many people still like to do their research the old fashioned way, by hand or, rather, in person.  Best place to start is the Perry County Historical Society, located in the main branch of the Perry County Library, in Linden, Tennessee.  Records have been transferred to microfiche and a reader is available to aid researchers.

As part of a project to preserve the history of Lobelville, a video was created from a slideshow made by Mr. Hugh Fisher, who would present his narrated slideshow to school children in the Lobelville schools.  This video was created in 2007 by the Perry County Historical Society in conjunction with PatVB Web Design and the City of Lobelville.