The City of Perkins is conveniently located just south of Stillwater on State Highway 33 and Highway 177 and is only 45 minutes from Oklahoma City. Perkins is dedicated to continued growth and prosperity while maintaing its small-town appeal.

 

Notice

Effective Immediately

Firework use and discharge inside city limits is prohibited with the exception of the following dates and times

 July 3^rd : 9am - 10pm

July 4^th : 9am-12am

July 5^th : 9am-10pm

See ch. 7 sec. 12 of Perkins city code-amended June 29, 2009

• Oklahoma Territorial Plaza 
• Kinder Wells Development
• Highway 33 Strip Mall
• Red Bud Assisted Living Complex
• 2008: A Year in Review

• New Water Distribution System
• ODOT Main Street Drainage Project

As with many towns in the area, Perkins began with the Oklahoma Land Run of April 22, 1889. Joseph Wert staked a claim for 160 acres and offered up 40 acres of his land to be established as a township. The township went through three separate names in about a year's time: Cimarron, Italy, and finally Perkins.

Why Perkins? It was Bishop Walden Perkins (congressman from Kansas) that pulled the necessary political strings to establish the post office for the new township. In honor of Perkins' contributions, the mayor of Italy filed an application with the Guthrie Land Office requesting that the town site be renamed from Italy to Perkins.