Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Perkins came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Perkins in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Perkins. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Perkins data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Perkins:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Perkins is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Perkins. See our Misc Page for Perkins for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Perkins:

Perkins was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)