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Welcome to Perkins ...

Perkins is located in Sacramento County<1>.


The location of Perkins has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Perkins, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

Perkins is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Perkins lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Perkins ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Perkins - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maine, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Quebec, South Dakota, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Perkins.

Communities near Perkins ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Perkins.

  • Sacramento
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Elk Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Roseville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Citrus Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Folsom
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
    • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
    • Folsom has also been known as:
    • Folsom City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <4>
  • Rancho Cordova
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocklin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Davis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • West Sacramento
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Parkway - South Sacramento
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parkway - South Sacramento. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway - South Sacramento
    • Parkway - South Sacramento is located in Sacramento County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Perkins. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Perkins.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Perkins. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Perkins.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Perkins. See our Newspapers Page for Perkins.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perkins ...

Looking for more information about Perkins? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Perkins, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Perkins.

Adding Perkins to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Perkins in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Perkins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Perkins post office opened in 1886.

We also found Perkins in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perkins.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Perkins. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sacramento County: www.saccounty.net/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Sacramento, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perkins - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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