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Welcome to Nankipoo ...

Nankipoo is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nankipoo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Nankipoo is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Nankipoo: 731

Websites for Nankipoo ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.laudcc.com/

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

Communities near Nankipoo ...

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

  • Mengelwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
    • Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
  • Dyersburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabeth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
  • Ripley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ripley is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <3>
  • Daniels Point Landing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
  • Halls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Halls is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halls <3>
  • Bruceville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bruceville is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
  • Henning
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Maury Junction
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
    • Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
  • Friendship
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Friendship is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nankipoo ...

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

Adding Nankipoo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nankipoo 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 Nankipoo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Nankipoo post office opened in 1886. The Nankipoo post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nankipoo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nankipoo - 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>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/