Perkins, Missouri

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Perkins, Missouri
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Location of Perkins in Missouri
Country United States
State Missouri
County Scott
Area
[1]
  Total
0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2)
  Land0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
338 ft (103 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
123
  Density745.45/sq mi (287.73/km2)
ZIP code
63771 [3]
Area code 573
FIPS code 29-57044
GNIS feature ID724226 [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.

Contents

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.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 123
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

Education

It is in the Oran R-III School District. [7]

Three Rivers College's service area includes Scott County. [8]

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Perkins, Missouri
  3. "Perkins MO ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  5. "Scott County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Scott County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved May 30, 2025. - Text list
  8. "23-24 Catalog_Information" (PDF). Three Rivers College. p. 11 (PDF p. 7/44). Retrieved June 1, 2025.

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