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Welcome to Shanklin ...So far, we found very little information about Shanklin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Shanklin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shanklin, please Contact Us. Shanklin would have been located within present day Bath County<2>. The location of Shanklin has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Shanklin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. While the community is gone, the present day location for Shanklin is 1,680 feet [512 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Shanklin was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Shanklin once stood is in the (540) area code. Communities Also Named Shanklin ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Shanklin - they are located in Kentucky and New Brunswick. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shanklin. Communities near Shanklin ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shanklin.
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 Shanklin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shanklin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shanklin. 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 Shanklin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shanklin. See our Newspapers Page for Shanklin. Adding Shanklin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shanklin in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Shanklin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Shanklin in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Shanklin. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Bath County: www.bathcountyva.org/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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