Welcome to Rankin ...Rankin is located Rankin is located in Ellis County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rankin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. Rankin is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Rankin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time While we believe that this Rankin is located in Ellis County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Rankin. Those communities are located in the following counties: Hidalgo and Upton County. Beyond Texas, there are 26 communities that are also named Rankin - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas (2), California, Illinois (2), Kentucky (3), Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina (3), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rankin. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rankin. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rankin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rankin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rankin. 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 Rankin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rankin. See our Newspapers Page for Rankin. Looking for more information about Rankin? 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 Rankin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rankin. We originally found mention of Rankin 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 Rankin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rankin.
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