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Welcome to Jinks ...

Jinks is located in Estill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jinks, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Jinks is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Jinks lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Jinks: 606

Communities Also Named Jinks ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Jinks - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Jinks ...

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

  • Richmond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Berea
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <3>
  • Stanton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Irvine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Beattyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Clay City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • McKee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Ravenna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lynch Town
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lynch Town is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town
  • Wagersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Wagersville is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jinks ...

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

Adding Jinks to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jinks 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 Jinks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Jinks post office opened in 1900. The Jinks post office closed in 1983.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jinks.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Estill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jinks - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/