Welcome to Tonkin ...So far, we found very little information about Tonkin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Tonkin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tonkin, please Contact Us. Tonkin would have been located within present day Eureka County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Tonkin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. While the community is gone, the present day location for Tonkin is 6,190 feet [1,887 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Tonkin is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Tonkin was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Tonkin was located: 775 Communities Also Named Tonkin ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Tonkin - it's located in Saskatchewan. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tonkin. Communities near Tonkin ...We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Tonkin.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tonkin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tonkin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tonkin. 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 Tonkin. Adding Tonkin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Tonkin 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 Tonkin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Tonkin. Footnotes ...
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