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History · Perkins

Perkins’ post office opened in 1890, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1934 on.

1890first post office
0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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How Perkins began

When was Perkins founded?

1890

The Perkins post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 123136 years
Founding year: the first Perkins post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Perkins’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Perkins are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perkins’s history is told.

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The story so far

Perkins, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Perkins yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Perkins is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Scott County, Missouri, United States. It is located sixteen miles northwest of Sikeston. A post office called Perkins has been in operation since 1890. The community has the name of Amos Perkins, a businessperson in the local lumber industry. Perkins is found in the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Northern Division Employee Time Table No. 10 dated August 18, 1935. Perkins was station I-24 at milepost 23.76. It had a 20 car siding. In 1935 terms that was 900 feet long, as the then standard car was 45 feet in length. There was a mail crane at Perkins. It was a flagstop for passenger trains #5 and #6. Nearby Randles …

Its first post office opened in 1890.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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On the map

Perkins on the map, 1934 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Perkins. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Perkins on the 1934 USGS mapPerkins on the 1963 USGS mapPerkins on the 1978 USGS map1934Advance sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Perkins.

Famous people

Famous people close to Perkins

Nobody well known was born in Perkins itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jacqueline ScottAmerican actress · b. 1931
Neal E. BoydAmerican opera singer, winner of Season 3 of Am… · b. 1975
Kenny HulshofAmerican politician and lawyer · b. 1958
Blake DeWittAmerican baseball player · b. 1985
Charles A. CrowAmerican politician · b. 1873
Darlene Clark HineHistorian and professor · b. 1947
Stories next door

History across the town line

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Questions about Perkins’ history

What year was Perkins founded?

The Perkins post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.