Mankins is an unincorporated community located in Archer County, Texas, United States.

Mankins is located within the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The ranch was bought by Charles Mangold in 1908, who then built a store and hotel by the railroad.

The town was named after Tom Mankins, who was the foreman for the nearby Lazarus Ranch, which is north of the community.

A brick building was built and was used as a community center and church during that same period.

Water access improved in the 1970s, but town lots that were still owned by Mangold's estate were not for sale, so it was unable to continue growing.

[3] The specific name of Eothyris refers to J.R. Parkey, a local landowner from Mankins who assisted the Museum of Comparative Zoology field crew in collecting fossils on his property.