Perkins, Missouri | |
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![]() Location of Perkins in Missouri | |
Country | United States |
State | Missouri |
County | Scott |
Area | |
• Total | 0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2) |
• Land | 0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 338 ft (103 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 123 |
• Density | 745.45/sq mi (287.73/km2) |
ZIP code | 63771 [3] |
Area code | 573 |
FIPS code | 29-57044 |
GNIS feature ID | 724226 [2] |
Perkins is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Scott County, Missouri, United States. [2] It is located sixteen miles northwest of Sikeston.
A post office called Perkins has been in operation since 1890. [4] The community has the name of Amos Perkins, a businessperson in the local lumber industry. [5]
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 had a day/night telegraph and long lap sidings to meet trains.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 123 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [6] |
It is in the Oran R-III School District. [7]
Three Rivers College's service area includes Scott County. [8]
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