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Welcome to Hinckley ...

Hinckley is located

Hinckley is located in Lamar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hinckley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Hinckley is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hinckley: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Hinckley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Hinckley: This one is located in Lamar County and the other is located in Hunt County.

Beyond Texas, there are 11 communities that are also named Hinckley - they are located in California, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, New York (2), Ohio and Utah.

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

Communities near Hinckley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hinckley ...

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

Adding Hinckley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hinckley 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 Hinckley was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hinckley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Lamar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hinckley - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Hinckley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Hinckley 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.