Welcome to Wilkins ...So far, we found very little information about Wilkins. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Wilkins to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wilkins, please Contact Us. Wilkins would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilkins, you might consider that their post office opened in 1948. While the community is gone, the present day location for Wilkins is 5,680 feet [1,731 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Wilkins is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Wilkins was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Wilkins, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). The Area Code where Wilkins was located: 775 Communities Also Named Wilkins ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Wilkins - they are located in Arkansas (3), Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wilkins. Communities near Wilkins ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wilkins.
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 Wilkins. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wilkins. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wilkins. 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 Wilkins. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilkins. See our Newspapers Page for Wilkins. Adding Wilkins to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wilkins 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 Wilkins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilkins. Footnotes ...
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