Welcome to Barkerville ...

Barkerville is located in Pinal County<1>.

The location of Barkerville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barkerville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1924.

Barkerville is 3,900 feet [1,189 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Barkerville is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Barkerville lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Barkerville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Barkerville - they are located in British Columbia, California, Massachusetts and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barkerville.

Communities near Barkerville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barkerville.

• Kearny
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny
  • Kearny is located in Pinal County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,206 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kearny <4>
• Mammoth
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
  • Mammoth is located in Pinal County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,717 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mammoth <4>
• Hayden
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
  • Hayden is located in Gila County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <4>
• Winkelman
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkelman
  • Winkelman is located in Gila County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winkelman <4>
• Dudleyville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dudleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
  • Dudleyville is located in Pinal County
• North Mammoth
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Mammoth
  • North Mammoth is located in Pinal County
• Oracle
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oracle
  • Oracle is located in Pinal County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oracle <4>
• Christmas ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christmas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas
  • Christmas is located in Gila County
• Campo Bonito ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campo Bonito
  • Campo Bonito is located in Pinal County
• Catalina
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina
  • Catalina is located in Pima County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catalina <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Barkerville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barkerville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barkerville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barkerville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barkerville. See our Newspapers Page for Barkerville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barkerville ...

Looking for more information about Barkerville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Barkerville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barkerville.

Adding Barkerville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barkerville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Barkerville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Barkerville post office opened in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barkerville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Barkerville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Pinal County: www.co.pinal.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/