[2][failed verification] The village of Harrisburg is the only incorporated settlement inside the township.

[3] Settled mainly by settlers from the upland south (Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee), the township was named after the Roche Perche Creek, the largest stream in Boone County (save the Missouri) and flows from North to South through the middle of the township.

Download coordinates as: The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has the following entries associated with the town of Perche: Perche Township covers an area of 83.2 square miles (215 km2) and is located in the northwest of Boone County.

Lick Creek Conservation Area is located near the center of the township.

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