Welcome to Rankin ...

Rankin is located in Kewaunee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rankin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Rankin is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rankin: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Rankin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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), Texas (3) and Washington.

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

Communities near Rankin ...

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

• Sturgeon Bay
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sturgeon Bay is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Bay
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,985 people
• Algoma
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Algoma is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,038 people
• Kewaunee
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
• Luxemburg
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Luxemburg is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxemburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
• Casco
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Casco is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
• Forestville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Forestville is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
• Euren
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Euren is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euren
• Rosiere
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosiere is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosiere
• Brussels
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Brussels is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brussels
• Duvall
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Duvall is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall

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 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.

Adding Rankin to Our Gazetteer ...

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>

From that list, the Rankin post office opened in 1886. The Rankin post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rankin.