Welcome to Perkins, Oklahoma

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 maintaining its small-town appeal.

• Oklahoma Territorial Plaza 
• Waste Water Treatment Plant
• Red Bud Assisted Living Complex

• Western Payne County Ambulance Trust Authority
• ODOT Stormwater Drainage Project
• ODOT HWY 177 Widening to Freeman
• ODOT HWY 33 Widening to Coyle
  

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.