Welcome to Wilkie ...
So far, we found very little information about Wilkie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wilkie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wilkie, please Contact Us.
Wilkie would have been located within present day Rockbridge County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilkie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Wilkie is 2,790 feet [850 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Wilkie is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Wilkie was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Wilkie was located: 540 & 826<4>
Communities Also Named Wilkie ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Wilkie - they are located in Kansas, Missouri and Saskatchewan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wilkie.
Communities near Wilkie ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wilkie.
- Staunton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Waynesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craigsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marlbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
- Spottswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Davis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Fairfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
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 Wilkie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wilkie.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wilkie. 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 Wilkie.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilkie. See our Newspapers Page for Wilkie.
Adding Wilkie to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Wilkie 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 (so far) for Wilkie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Wilkie post office opened in 1904. The Wilkie post office closed in 1933.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilkie.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wilkie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Rockbridge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wilkie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Wilkie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Wilkie area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |