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Welcome to Ankenytown ...

Ankenytown is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ankenytown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Ankenytown is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ankenytown: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near Ankenytown ...

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

  • Mansfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Mount Vernon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Ontario
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lexington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mount Gilead
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Loudonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fredericktown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Gambier
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Centerburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bellville is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
    • Bellville has also been known as:
    • McClures Settlement
    • McClure
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ankenytown ...

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

Adding Ankenytown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ankenytown post office opened in 1848. The Ankenytown post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ankenytown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ankenytown - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Ankenytown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Ankenytown 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/