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Welcome to Dockery ...

Dockery is located in Wilkes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dockery, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Dockery is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dockery: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Dockery ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Dockery - they are located in Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Dockery ...

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

  • North Wilkesboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Elkin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Wilkesboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jonesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Sparta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Sparta is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <4>
  • Arlington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Arlington is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
  • Ronda
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Abshers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Abshers is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
  • Hays
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lomax
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lomax is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dockery ...

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

Adding Dockery to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dockery post office opened in 1872. The Dockery post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dockery.

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 Dockery - 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 Dockery area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Dockery 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/