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Welcome to Rinkerton ...Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County<1>. The location of Rinkerton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rinkerton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. Rinkerton is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Rinkerton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Rinkerton: (540) Communities near Rinkerton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rinkerton.
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 Rinkerton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rinkerton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rinkerton. 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 Rinkerton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rinkerton. See our Newspapers Page for Rinkerton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rinkerton ...Looking for more information about Rinkerton? 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 Rinkerton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rinkerton. Adding Rinkerton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rinkerton 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 Rinkerton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Rinkerton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rinkerton. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rinkerton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Shenandoah County: www.co.shenandoah.va.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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