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Welcome to Pekin ...

So far, we found very little information about Pekin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pekin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pekin, please Contact Us.

Pekin would have been located within present day Craighead County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pekin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pekin is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Pekin was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Pekin was located: 870 & 327<4>

Communities Also Named Pekin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Pekin: This one is located in Craighead County and the other is located in Stone County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 20 communities that are also named Pekin - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Nebraska, New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (5), Tennessee and Vermont.

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

Communities near Pekin ...

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

  • Jonesboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Paragould
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Trumann
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Brookland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Manila
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Manila is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,339 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manila <5>
  • Lake City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bono
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bono is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bono <5>
  • Leachville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <5>
  • Lepanto
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

Adding Pekin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pekin 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 (so far) for Pekin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Pekin post office opened in 1903. The Pekin post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pekin.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pekin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Craighead, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pekin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Pekin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Pekin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/