Perkins Map
Perkins is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,272 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Walden Perkins, a congressman who helped establish the local post office. The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is headquartered here.
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. It was named after Biship Walden Perkins, a congressman from Kansas that pulled string to establish the post office for the new township.
Perkins is located at 35°58?36?N 97°01?55?W / 35.976598°N 97.031813°W / 35.976598; -97.031813. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.8 km2), all of it land. Perkins is located on US Route 177 south of its junction with State Highway 33.
Nearby cities include Agra, Carney, Coyle, Langston, Cushing.