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>.
We aren't confident of the location of Wilkins, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
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.<4> 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 leave Wilkins and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).
If Wilkins still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code.
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.
- Shores ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Melandco ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Holborn ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Afton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Henry ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Metropolis ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metropolis
- Metropolis is located in Elko County
- Contact ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contact
- Contact is located in Elko County
- Wells
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Wells is located in Elko County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <6>
- Toano ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Cobre ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
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 for Wilkins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Wilkins post office opened in 1948.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilkins.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wilkins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Elko, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wilkins - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |