Welcome to Adkin ...

So far, we found very little information about Adkin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Adkin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Adkin - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Adkin, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Adkin , we believe that it would have been located within present day Wyoming County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Adkin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Time Zone: The area where Adkin was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Adkin was located: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Adkin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Adkin - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Adding Adkin to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Adkin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Adkin post office opened in 1897.

We also found Adkin on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Adkin.

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 Adkin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Wyoming, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Adkin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Adkin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/