Welcome to Perkinstown ...
Perkinstown is located in Taylor County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Perkinstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.
Perkinstown is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Perkinstown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Perkinstown: 715 & 534<3>
Communities near Perkinstown ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Perkinstown.
- Medford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Thorp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp
- Thorp is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
- Owen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dorchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Dorchester is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Stetsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stetsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
- Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Withee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gilman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Curtiss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sheldon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheldon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Sheldon is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Lublin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lublin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lublin
- Lublin is located in Taylor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
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 Perkinstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Perkinstown.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Perkinstown. 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 Perkinstown.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Perkinstown. See our Newspapers Page for Perkinstown.
Adding Perkinstown to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Perkinstown 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 Perkinstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Perkinstown post office opened in 1891.
We also found Perkinstown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Perkinstown.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Taylor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perkinstown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Perkinstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Perkinstown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |