Do you know of Perkins ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Perkins. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Perkins.

Our sources for Perkins (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Perkins other than they indicate that Perkins would be found somewhere in Montgomery County, Kansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1893.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Perkins ...

We found 27 communities that share the name Perkins.

Within Kansas, the name Perkins is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Howard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Perkins [Howard County].
- California
  - Sacramento County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Perkins [Sacramento County].
- Florida
  - Leon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Perkins [Leon County].
- Georgia
  - Burke County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Perkins [Burke County].
  - Jenkins County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Perkins [Jenkins County].
- Idaho
  - Ada County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Perkins [Ada County].
- Illinois
  - Pope County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Perkins [Pope County].
- Indiana
  - Newton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Perkins [Newton County].
- Iowa
  - Sioux County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Perkins [Sioux County].
- Kentucky
  - Lincoln County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Perkins [Lincoln County].
  - Madison County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Perkins [Madison County].
  - Whitley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Perkins [Whitley County].
- Louisiana
  - Calcasieu Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Perkins [Calcasieu Parish].
- Maine
  - Penobscot County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Perkins [Penobscot County].
- Michigan
  - Delta County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Perkins [Delta County].
  - Tuscola County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Perkins [Tuscola County].
- Minnesota
  - Houston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Perkins [Houston County].
- Missouri
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Perkins [Scott County].
- New Jersey
  - Burlington County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Perkins [Burlington County].
- Ohio
  - Erie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Perkins [Erie County].
  - Mahoning County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Perkins [Mahoning County].
- Oklahoma
  - Payne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Perkins [Payne County].
- Quebec
  - Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Perkins.
- South Dakota
  - Bon Homme County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Perkins [Bon Homme County].
- West Virginia
  - Gilmer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Perkins [Gilmer County].
  - Marshall County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Perkins [Marshall County].
- Wyoming
  - Albany County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Perkins [Albany County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Perkins ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Perkins:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Perkins - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Montgomery County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Montgomery County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Perkins could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

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A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/