Welcome to Calkins ...So far, we found very little information about Calkins. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Calkins to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Calkins, please Contact Us. Calkins would have been located within present day Meagher County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Calkins, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915. While the community is gone, the present day location for Calkins is 5,070 feet [1,545 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Calkins is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Calkins was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Calkins was located: 406 Communities Also Named Calkins ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Calkins - they are located in California, Oregon and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Calkins. Communities near Calkins ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Calkins.
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 Calkins. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Calkins. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Calkins. 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 Calkins. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Calkins. See our Newspapers Page for Calkins. Adding Calkins to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Calkins 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 Calkins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Calkins. Footnotes ...
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