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Welcome to Wilkinson ...

Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilkinson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Wilkinson is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wilkinson: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Wilkinson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Wilkinson: This one is located in Wilkinson County and the other is located in Lincoln County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 13 communities that are also named Wilkinson - they are located in California, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ontario, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Wilkinson ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilkinson ...

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

Adding Wilkinson to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wilkinson post office opened in 1881. The Wilkinson post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilkinson.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Wilkinson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wilkinson - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Wilkinson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Wilkinson 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/