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Welcome to Frink ...

Frink is located in Calhoun County<1>.

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

Frink is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Frink and travel east, you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Frink: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Frink ...

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

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

Communities near Frink ...

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

  • Blountstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wewahitchka
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bristol
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Altha
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Clarksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Kinard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Marysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Chipola
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
  • Estiffanulga
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
  • McNeal ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • McNeal is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Frink ...

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

Adding Frink to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Frink post office opened in 1898. The Frink post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frink.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Frink - 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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Frink area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Frink 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/