Perkins, Michigan
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_name1 = Michigan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Delta
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Baldwin
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|postal_code = 49872
|area_code = 906
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Perkins is an unincorporated community in Delta County, Michigan, United States. Perkins is located in Baldwin Township along M-35, {{convert|9|mi|km}} north-northwest of Gladstone.{{cite map |publisher=Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget |title=Delta County |url=http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_DELTA_COUNTY_125044_7.pdf |format=pdf |year=2010 |access-date=2010-12-25 }} Perkins has a post office with ZIP code 49872.[http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp ZIP Code Lookup], United States Post Office
History
Perkins was founded around 1872 by the Cascade Company, which made charcoal kilns and cut lumber in the community. It was originally located on the Whitefish Branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway. A post office opened in Perkins on May 7, 1894; John Fuhriman was the first postmaster.{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}} The community was named for Josiah Perkins, an early settler.{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA113|year=1908|page=113}}
References
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{{Delta County, Michigan}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Delta County, Michigan
Category:Populated places established in 1872
Category:1872 establishments in Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan
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