Welcome to Selkirk (aka 'Selkirk Station') ...So far, we found very little information about Selkirk. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Selkirk to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Selkirk, please Contact Us. Selkirk would have been located within present day Wichita County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Selkirk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. While the community is gone, the present day location for Selkirk is 3,440 feet [1,049 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Selkirk is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Selkirk was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Selkirk (for example, toward Tribune), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). The Area Code where Selkirk was located: 620 The community of Selkirk has also been called Selkirk Station. Communities Also Named Selkirk ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Selkirk - they are located in Manitoba, Michigan, Missouri (2), New York (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Selkirk. Communities near Selkirk ...We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Selkirk.
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 Selkirk. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Selkirk. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Selkirk. 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 Selkirk. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Selkirk. See our Newspapers Page for Selkirk. Adding Selkirk to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Selkirk 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 Selkirk was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Selkirk. Footnotes ...
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