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Welcome to Rankin ...

Rankin is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rankin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Rankin is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Rankin and travel west, you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Rankin: 606

Communities Also Named Rankin ...

While we believe that this Rankin is located in Wayne County, we know of another 2 Kentucky communities named Rankin. Those communities are located in the following counties: Clark and Henderson County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 26 communities that are also named Rankin - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas (2), California, Illinois (2), Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina (3), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Rankin ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rankin ...

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

Adding Rankin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rankin post office opened in 1882. The Rankin post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rankin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rankin - 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/