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Welcome to Sims ...

Although we found mention of Sims during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Sims was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Sims to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sims, please Contact Us.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Sims might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: CST- Heure Normale du Centre (HNC), CDT- Heure Avancée du Centre (HAC).

Note: If you travel east from Sims, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Sims: 807

Communities Also Named Sims ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Sims - they are located in Arkansas (2), California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Sims ...

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

  • Fort Frances
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • International Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ranier
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ranier is located in Koochiching County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranier
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranier <2>
  • Island View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Island View is located in Koochiching County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
  • Rocky Inlet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • South International Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Farrington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Ericsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ericsburg is located in Koochiching County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ericsburg
  • Kabetogama
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Seine River 23B
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sims ...

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

Adding Sims to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Sims was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sims.

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Sims and then turned west". While Sims could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Sims as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sims could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.