Welcome to Dinkey Creek ...

Dinkey Creek is located in Fresno County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dinkey Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1925.

A typical abbreviation for Dinkey Creek: Dinkey Crk. (or less commonly used: Dinkey Ck. or Dinkey Cr.)

Dinkey Creek is 5,980 feet [1,823 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Dinkey Creek is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Dinkey Creek lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Dinkey Creek: 559

Communities near Dinkey Creek ...

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

• Bretz Mill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz Mill
  • Bretz Mill is located in Fresno County
• Shaver Lake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Lake
  • Shaver Lake is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shaver Lake <3>
• Big Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
  • Big Creek is located in Fresno County
  • Former names for Big Creek:
  • Big Creek Flats
  • Cascada
  • Manzanita Park
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <3>
• Dora Belle
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
  • Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
• Huntington Lake
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Lake
  • Huntington Lake is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington Lake <3>
• Cedar Crest
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
  • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
• Lakeshore
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
  • Lakeshore is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeshore <3>
• Pineridge
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
  • Pineridge is located in Fresno County
• Meadow Lakes
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
  • Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
• Tollhouse
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollhouse
  • Tollhouse is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tollhouse <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dinkey Creek ...

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

Adding Dinkey Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dinkey Creek 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 Dinkey Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

X2X - From that list, the Dinkey Creek post office opened in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dinkey Creek.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dinkey Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fresno County: www.co.fresno.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/