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Welcome to Jenks Place ...

Jenks Place is located in Glenn County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Jenks Place: Jenks Pl. (or less commonly used: Jenks Plc.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Jenks Place for more information about variations on the name of Jenks Place.

Jenks Place is 5,290 feet [1,612 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Jenks Place is 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Jenks Place: 530

Communities near Jenks Place ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Jenks Place.

  • Dogtown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dogtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Dogtown is located in Glenn County
  • Elk Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Newville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
    • Newville is located in Glenn County
  • Paskenta
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Covelo
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Dos Rios
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Flournoy
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stonyford
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Potter Valley
    (30 miles [48.3 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 Jenks Place. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jenks Place.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jenks Place ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Glenn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jenks Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.