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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Perkins. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Perkins to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Perkins, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Perkins (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Perkins. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Perkins is historic, it would have been located within present day Pope County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pope County: Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Saline, Williamson & Livingston (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Perkins. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Perkins:
- Pope County (The home county of Perkins)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Dixon Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dixon Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Glendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Golconda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eddyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bay City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bay City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- McCormick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Lusk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Leisure City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Hartsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Hamletsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Shetlerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shetlerville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shetlerville
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Rosiclare
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Karbers Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Cave-In-Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Reevesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Grantsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Simpson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Bender ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bender is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Ozark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vienna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Burnside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belknap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Buncombe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Massac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Big Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- New Columbia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Metropolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Joppa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brookport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Massac City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Massac City is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Shady Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Karnak
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Grand Chain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Grand Chain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Perks
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Olmsted
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ullin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Stonefort
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mitchellsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mitchellsville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Carrier Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
- Former names for Carrier Mills:
- Carriers Mills
- Morrilsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <2>
- Ledford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ledford is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledford
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Buena Vista
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Gaskins City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Muddy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cottage Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Lick Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Dongola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Creal Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Crest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Crest is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Crest
- Hartford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hartford is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Bandana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Kevil
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ceredo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- La Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lovelaceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Gage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gage is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Barlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Crittenden County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Tolu
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tolu is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Sheridan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sheridan is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Dycusburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Graves County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Melber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Melber is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Symsonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Livingston County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Carrsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Carrsville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Burna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burna is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Lola
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lola is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Smithland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <2>
- Ledbetter
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pinckneyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Tiline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Marshall County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Calvert City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <2>
- Sharpe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Gilbertsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McCracken County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Grahamville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Ragland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Paducah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Paducah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Future City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Future City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Hendron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Cimota City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- Woodville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Lone Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Oakdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- West Future City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Massac
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Massac is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Perkins, see our County-by-County Page for Perkins.
Cemeteries Near Perkins ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perkins.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Perkins - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Perkins covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Cox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sassafras Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shedville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Henley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dixon Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill Cemetery
- The Temple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cole Springs Cemetery
- Roland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Austin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (524 more) ...
- Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hodge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Waltersburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Perkins in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Perkins.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Perkins, with the one closest to Perkins listed first.
- Allens Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Allens Spring is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Spring
- Reevesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Temple Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Temple Hill is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill
- Big Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Waltersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Waltersburg is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersburg
- Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Grantsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosebud is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Glendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Samoth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Samoth is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoth
- New Columbia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Tansill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tansill is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansill
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Wartrace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wartrace is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
- Round Knob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Round Knob is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Knob
- Golconda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Perkins. See our List of 1890's Communities around Perkins.
Newspapers Published in Perkins ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perkins.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perkins, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Perkins.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Perkins:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Pope County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hardin County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pulaski County
- Saline County
- Union County
- Williamson County
- Ballard County
- Crittenden County
- Graves County
- Livingston County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Perkins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Perkins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |