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Welcome to Minnick ...

Minnick is located in Obion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Minnick, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Minnick is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Minnick lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Code for Minnick: 731

Communities Also Named Minnick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Minnick - they are located in Maryland (2) and Washington.

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

Websites for Minnick ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.obioncountytennessee.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Minnick, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Minnick ...

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

  • Mengelwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
    • Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
  • Dyersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Churchton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Churchton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
    • Churchton is located in Dyer County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
  • Caruthersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Tiptonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Newbern
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ridgely
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Englewood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Englewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
    • Englewood is located in Obion County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
  • New Markham
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Markham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
    • New Markham is located in Lake County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
  • Troy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Troy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Troy is located in Obion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Minnick ...

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

Adding Minnick to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Minnick post office opened in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Minnick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Obion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Minnick - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/