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Welcome to Watkins Ford ...

Watkins Ford is located in Pope County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Watkins Ford: Watkins Frd.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Watkins Ford for more information about variations on the name of Watkins Ford.

Watkins Ford is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Watkins Ford: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Watkins Ford ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Carrier Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Vienna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Goreville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Rosiclare
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Golconda
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Creal Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stonefort
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Elizabethtown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • New Burnside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Watkins Ford ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Pope, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Watkins Ford - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Watkins Ford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Watkins Ford 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.