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Welcome to Wilkie ...So far, we found very little information about Wilkie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Wilkie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wilkie, please Contact Us. Wilkie would have been located within present day Rockbridge County<2>. The location of Wilkie has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilkie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904. While the community is gone, the present day location for Wilkie is 2,790 feet [850 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Wilkie is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Wilkie was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Wilkie once stood is in the (540) area code. Communities Also Named Wilkie ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Wilkie - they are located in Kansas, Missouri and Saskatchewan. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wilkie. Communities near Wilkie ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wilkie.
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 Wilkie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wilkie. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wilkie. 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 Wilkie. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilkie. See our Newspapers Page for Wilkie. Adding Wilkie to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wilkie 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 Wilkie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Wilkie on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilkie. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Rockbridge County: www.co.rockbridge.va.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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