Welcome to Barksdale ...

Barksdale is located in Bayfield County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barksdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Barksdale is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Barksdale, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Barksdale: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Barksdale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Barksdale - they are located in Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina (2), Texas, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Barksdale ...

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

• Ashland
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ashland is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
• Washburn
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Washburn is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
• Bayfield
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Bayfield is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
• Mason
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mason is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
• Moquah
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Moquah is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
• White River
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • White River is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
• Benoit
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Benoit is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
• Odanah
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Odanah is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odanah
• La Pointe
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • La Pointe is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Pointe
• Marengo
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Marengo is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo

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

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

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

Adding Barksdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barksdale 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 Barksdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Barksdale post office opened in 1904. The Barksdale post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barksdale.