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Welcome to Sinkin ...So far, we found very little information about Sinkin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sinkin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sinkin, please Contact Us. Sinkin was located in the Missouri Ozarks. Sinkin would have been located within present day Shannon County<2>. The location of Sinkin has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sinkin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sinkin is 1,160 feet [354 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Sinkin was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Sinkin would have been located in the (573) area code. Communities near Sinkin ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sinkin.
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 Sinkin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sinkin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sinkin. 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 Sinkin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sinkin. See our Newspapers Page for Sinkin. Adding Sinkin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sinkin in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sinkin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Sinkin in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sinkin. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/ Footnotes ...
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