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Welcome to Skinners ...

Skinners is located in El Paso County<1>.

Skinners is 5,770 feet [1,759 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Skinners is about 1 mile [or 1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Skinners lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Skinners: 719

Communities Also Named Skinners ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Skinners - they are located in California and Florida.

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

Communities near Skinners ...

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

  • Colorado Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Colorado Springs is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 482,131 people
    • Former names for Colorado Springs:
    • El Paso
    • Fountain Colony
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colorado Springs <3>
  • Fountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Manitou Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Mountain Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cimarron Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cascade
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Falcon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Chipita Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Forest
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Wigwam
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wigwam is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigwam

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Skinners ...

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

Adding Skinners to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Skinners 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 Skinners was mentioned on a train schedule titled Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Skinners.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including El Paso, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Skinners - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.