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Welcome to Kinton ...

Kinton is located in Saint Francis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kinton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Kinton is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kinton: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Kinton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kinton - it's located in Oregon.

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

Communities near Kinton ...

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

  • Forrest City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wynne
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Earle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Earle is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,164 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earle <4>
  • Hughes
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hughes is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hughes <4>
  • Parkin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Madison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Madison is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <4>
  • Cherry Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Palestine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
  • Caldwell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Crawfordsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kinton ...

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

Adding Kinton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kinton 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 Kinton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Kinton post office opened in 1898. The Kinton post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kinton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Saint Francis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kinton - 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 Kinton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Kinton 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/