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Perkins, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Gilmer
Elevation	807 ft (246 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1555327

Perkins is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States. Perkins is located along County Route 52 11.4 miles (18.3 km) south-southwest of Glenville. Perkins had a post office, which closed on November 2, 2002.

The community was named after Clen Boggs (nee Perkins), the wife of an early settler.

Municipalities and communities of Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Glenville

Towns	Glenville Sand Fork

Unincorporated communities	Alice Baldwin Cedarville Coxs Mills De Kalb Donlan Dusk Gilmer Hardman Index Let Letter Gap Linn Lockney Lucerne Moss Newberne Normantown Orton Perkins Racket‡ Revore Rosedale Shock Stouts Mills Stumptown Tanner Troy Truebada Withers

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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