Welcome to Hanksville ...

The town of Hanksville is located in Wayne County<1> (at the time of its founding, Hanksville was located in Piute County).

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hanksville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Hanksville has a population of 217 people<2> (see below for details).

Hanksville is 4,290 feet [1,308 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Hanksville is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Hanksville lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Hanksville: 435

The ZIP code for Hanksville: 84734<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Hanksville had an population of 217 people. This is a decrease of 0.91% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 4.41% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Hanksville had a population of 219 people (or 7.9% of the total population of Wayne County). This makes Hanksville the county's 4th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 219 people, the population of Hanksville decreased 3.52% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 227 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Hanksville.

Communities Also Named Hanksville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hanksville - it's located in Vermont.

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

Communities near Hanksville ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Hanksville.

• Giles ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
  • Giles is located in Wayne County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Giles
  • From Hanksville to Giles
• Caineville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caineville
  • Caineville is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caineville <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Caineville
  • From Hanksville to Caineville
• Temple Mountain ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Temple Mountain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Mountain
  • Temple Mountain is located in Emery County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Temple Mountain
  • From Hanksville to Temple Mountain
• Aldridge ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldridge
  • Aldridge is located in Wayne County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Aldridge
  • From Hanksville to Aldridge
• Eagle City ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eagle City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
  • Eagle City is located in Garfield County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Eagle City
  • From Hanksville to Eagle City
• Notom ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Notom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notom
  • Notom is located in Wayne County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Notom
  • From Hanksville to Notom
• Fruita ‑ Historic
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fruita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruita
  • Fruita is located in Wayne County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Fruita
  • From Hanksville to Fruita

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hanksville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hanksville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hanksville ...

Looking for more information about Hanksville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Hanksville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hanksville.

Adding Hanksville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hanksville 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 Hanksville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Hanksville post office opened in 1889.

We also found Hanksville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hanksville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hanksville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/