Welcome to Pinkley ...
So far, we found very little information about Pinkley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pinkley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pinkley, please Contact Us.
Pinkley was located in the Missouri Ozarks.
Pinkley would have been located within present day Reynolds County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinkley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Pinkley is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Pinkley was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Pinkley was located: 573 & 235<4>
Communities near Pinkley ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pinkley.
- Ironton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Mountain Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Mountain Lake is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Pilot Knob
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Annapolis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Des Arc
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Des Arc is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Caledonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Black
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Munger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Munger is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger
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 Pinkley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pinkley.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pinkley. 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 Pinkley.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pinkley. See our Newspapers Page for Pinkley.
Adding Pinkley to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Pinkley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pinkley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Pinkley post office opened in 1920. The Pinkley post office closed in 1926.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinkley.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pinkley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Reynolds, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pinkley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Pinkley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Pinkley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |