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Welcome to Kirkland ...So far, we found very little information about Kirkland. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Kirkland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kirkland, please Contact Us. Kirkland would have been located within present day Cabarrus County<2>. The location of Kirkland has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Kirkland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838. While the community is gone, the present day location for Kirkland is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Kirkland was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Kirkland once stood is in the (704) and (980)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Kirkland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Kirkland: This one is located in Cabarrus County and the other is located in New Hanover County. Beyond North Carolina, there are 24 communities that are also named Kirkland - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia (3), Illinois, Kentucky, New Brunswick, New York, Pennsylvania, Quebec (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kirkland. Communities near Kirkland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kirkland.
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 Kirkland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kirkland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kirkland. 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 Kirkland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kirkland. See our Newspapers Page for Kirkland. Adding Kirkland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Kirkland 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 for Kirkland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Kirkland in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Kirkland. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Cabarrus County: www.co.cabarrus.nc.us/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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