Perkins (Iowa-Oto: Pékinⁿ Chína^i)[4] is a city in southern Payne County, Oklahoma, United States.

[5] The name is derived from Walden Perkins, a congressman who helped establish the local post office.

The last name was for Bishop Walden Perkins, a congressman from Kansas who pulled strings to establish the post office for the new township.

[7] The first wagon bridge across the Cimarron River in Oklahoma Territory was built during the summer of 1891.

By January 1900, the Eastern Oklahoma Railway began service, establishing the town as an agricultural trade center.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2), all land.

[6] Perkins, Oklahoma has been featured in an Independent Lens series documenting bullying.