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Welcome to Kenyon ...

Kenyon is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kenyon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1843.

Kenyon is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Kenyon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Kenyon: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Kenyon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Kenyon - they are located in California, Idaho, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Virginia.

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

Communities near Kenyon ...

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

  • Newport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Tuckerman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Diaz
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Diaz is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
  • Newark
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Swifton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sulphur Rock
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
  • Cash
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Cash is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
  • Grubbs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Strawberry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Oil Trough
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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 Kenyon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kenyon.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kenyon. 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 Kenyon.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kenyon ...

Looking for more information about Kenyon? 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 Kenyon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kenyon.

Adding Kenyon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kenyon 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 (so far) for Kenyon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Kenyon post office opened in 1843. The Kenyon post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kenyon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kenyon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Kenyon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Kenyon area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/