Watkins is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeastern Benton County, Iowa, United States.

[3] Although Watkins is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 52354,[4] which opened on 15 December 1873.

[6] The community was named for John Burton Watkins, Supt.

[10] As of the census of 2020,[11] there were 116 people, 49 households, and 30 families residing in the community.

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