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History · Perkins

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Perkins Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census the population was 12,390.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 12,202 people in 2010, 12,390 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1974.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Perkins yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people close to Perkins

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Thomas EdisonThomas EdisonMilan · 7 miKevin RandlemanKevin RandlemanSandusky · 4 miGeorge KennanGeorge KennanNorwalk · 11 miScott MayScott MaySandusky · 4 miCharles FrohmanCharles FrohmanSandusky · 4 miFred KelseyFred KelseySandusky · 4 mi
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Perkins, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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101 0550 perkins cemetery, perkins twp erie county ohioCommons101 0550 perkins cemetery, perkins twp erie county ohio2017101 0549 old perkins cemetery state hist'l marker, perkins twp erie county ohio -sandusky mailing addressCommons101 0549 old perkins cemetery state hist'l marker, perkins …2017Map of Erie County Ohio Highlighting Perkins TownshipMapMap of Erie County Ohio Highlighting Perkins Township2015Oakland Cemetery ChapelCommonsOakland Cemetery Chapel2014Erie County InfirmaryCommonsErie County Infirmary2014Target - panoramio (1)CommonsTarget - panoramio (1)2011Perkins and Margaretta Townships in Erie CountyCommonsPerkins and Margaretta Townships in Erie County2008Detailed map of Sandusky South, OhioMapDetailed map of Sandusky South, Ohio2008Detailed map of Fairview Lanes, OhioMapDetailed map of Fairview Lanes, Ohio2008Perkins ErieCommonsPerkins Erie2006OHMap-doton-Sandusky SouthCommonsOHMap-doton-Sandusky South2004OHMap-doton-Fairview LanesCommonsOHMap-doton-Fairview Lanes2004
National Register of Historic Places

4 historic places in Perkins

4 places in Perkins are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.

#141
In Ohioby listings · most towns there have none
4places listed3 buildings · 1 other
1National Historic LandmarkSpacecraft Propulsion Research Facility
40historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1975first listedErie County Infirmary · newest: Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility, 1985

Where they are

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Spacecraft Propulsion Research FacilityErie County InfirmaryOhio Soldiers' And Sailors' HomeOakland Cemetery Chapel and Superintendent's House and Office
BuildingsStructuresBigger dot = landmark

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966. Perkins’s busiest decade was the 1970s.
Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility LandmarkListed 1985Spacecraft Propulsion Research FacilityBuilt 1968OtherEngineeringTransportationErie County InfirmaryListed 1975Erie County InfirmaryBuildingArchitectureSocial historyOhio Soldiers' And Sailors' HomeListed 1976Ohio Soldiers' And Sailors' HomeBuildingMilitaryArchitectureOakland Cemetery Chapel and Superintendent's House and OfficeListed 1983Oakland Cemetery Chapel and Superintendent's House and OfficeBuildingArchitecture
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

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📜 Sandusky📜 Oxford📜 Huron📜 Castalia

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