Welcome to Skinner ...

Skinner is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Skinner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Skinner is 1,430 feet [436 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Skinner: 207

Communities Also Named Skinner ...

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

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

Communities near Skinner ...

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

• Lac Megantic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac Megantic
• Frontenac
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontenac
• Nantes
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantes
• Saint Ludger
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ludger
• Lac Drolet
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac Drolet
• Jackman
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jackman is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 813 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackman <3>
• Saint Augustin de Woburn
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustin de Woburn
• Marston
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
• Audet
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audet
• Saint Robert Bellarmin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Robert Bellarmin

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Skinner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Skinner.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Skinner ...

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

Adding Skinner to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Skinner post office opened in 1898. The Skinner post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Skinner.