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Welcome to Hinkleville ...

Hinkleville is located in Ballard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hinkleville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Hinkleville is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hinkleville: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Hinkleville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hinkleville - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hinkleville ...

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

  • Paducah
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Metropolis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cairo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <4>
  • La Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Mounds
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
  • Bardwell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Wickliffe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Barlow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Barlow is located in Ballard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
  • Kevil
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hinkleville ...

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

Adding Hinkleville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hinkleville post office opened in 1869. The Hinkleville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hinkleville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Ballard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hinkleville - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Hinkleville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Hinkleville 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/