Perkins, Missouri

Perkins is an unincorporated community in western Scott County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located sixteen miles northwest of Sikeston.

A post office called Perkins has been in operation since 1890.[2] The community has the name of Amos Perkins, a businessperson in the local lumber industry.[3]

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.

References

St. Louis Southwestern Railway Northern Division Employee Time Table No. 10 dated August 18, 1935

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Perkins, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  3. "Scott County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2016.


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