Perkins is an unincorporated community in Delta County

Delta County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,520 people, 15,836 households, and 10,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 33 people per square mile . There were 19,223 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile...

, Michigan

Michigan

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, United States

United States

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. Perkins is located in Baldwin Township

Baldwin Township, Delta County, Michigan

Baldwin Township is a civil township of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 748.- Communities :* Beaver is an unincorporated community in the township at .-Geography:...

 along M-35

M-35 (Michigan highway)

M-35 is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. Running for in a general north–south direction, it connects the cities of Menominee, Escanaba and Negaunee. The southern section of M-35 in Menominee and Delta counties carries two additional designations...

, 9 miles (14.5 km) north-northwest of Gladstone

Gladstone, Michigan

Gladstone is a city in Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. First settled in 1877, Gladstone's original name was Saunders Point. The population was 5,032 at the 2000 census....

. Perkins has a post office

Post office

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 with ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 49872.

History

Perkins was founded around 1872 by the Cascade Company, which made charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal is the dark grey residue consisting of carbon, and any remaining ash, obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. Charcoal is usually produced by slow pyrolysis, the heating of wood or other substances in the absence of oxygen...

 kiln

Kiln

A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, or oven, in which a controlled temperature regime is produced. Uses include the hardening, burning or drying of materials...

s and cut lumber in the community. It was originally located on the Whitefish Branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway

Chicago and North Western Railway

The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company was a Class I railroad in the Midwest United States. It was also known as the North Western. The railroad operated more than of track as of the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s...

. A post office opened in Perkins on May 7, 1894; John Fuhriman was the first postmaster.