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Perkins
Oklahomacity
Perkins
Total population
3,262
Median home value
$172,200
Bachelor's+
Median income
$35,456
Founded
1891
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Perkins is a city in southern Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Perkins had a population of 3,205. The name is derived from Walden Perkins, a congressman who helped establish the local post office. The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is headquartered here.
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History
Perkins was founded during the Land Run in April 1889. Joseph Wert staked a claim for 160 acres and offered up 40 acres of his land to be established as a township. The town went through three names in its first year- Cimarron, Italy, and then Perkins. The last name was for Bishop Walden Perkins, a congressman from Kansas who pulled strings to establish the post office for the new township. The town of Perkins incorporated on August 25, 1891. The first wagon bridge across the Cimarron River in Oklahoma Territory was built during the summer of 1891. On September 22, 1891, the Sac and Fox and Iowa reservations officially opened. By January 1900, the Eastern Oklahoma Railway began service, establishing the town as an agricultural trade center.
Geography
Perkins is on the north bank of the Cimarron River. Perkins is located on U.S. Route 177, south of its junction with State Highway 33. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
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Largest nearby schools
- STILLWATER MSMiddle · Stillwater · 932 students · 17.6:1 ratio
- WESTWOOD ESElementary · Stillwater · 655 students · 17.7:1 ratio
- HIGHLAND PARK ESElementary · Stillwater · 561 students · 17:1 ratio
- SANGRE RIDGE ESElementary · Stillwater · 529 students · 15.6:1 ratio
- PERKINS-TRYON HSHigh · PERKINS · 455 students · 17.5:1 ratio
- PERKINS-TRYON ESElementary · PERKINS · 442 students · 15.8:1 ratio
- PERKINS-TRYON MSMiddle · PERKINS · 356 students · 14.2:1 ratio
- PERKINS-TRYON INTERMEDIATE ESElementary · PERKINS · 324 students · 17.1:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES