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Welcome to Sinker ...So far, we found very little information about Sinker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sinker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sinker, please Contact Us. Sinker would have been located within present day Owyhee County<2>. The location of Sinker has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sinker, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sinker is 3,130 feet [954 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Sinker is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Sinker was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time If Sinker still existed, it would have been in the (208) & (986)<5> area codes. Communities near Sinker ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sinker.
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 Sinker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sinker. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sinker. 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 Sinker. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sinker. See our Newspapers Page for Sinker. Adding Sinker to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sinker 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 for Sinker was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sinker. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Owyhee County: www.owyheecounty.net/ The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/ Footnotes ...
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