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Welcome to Clingman ...

Clingman is located in Wilkes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clingman, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Clingman is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Clingman: 336 & 743<3>

Communities near Clingman ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clingman ...

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

Adding Clingman to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Clingman post office opened in 1880. The Clingman post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clingman.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wilkes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clingman - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Clingman area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Clingman 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/