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Welcome to Kingsley ...So far, we found very little information about Kingsley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Kingsley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kingsley, please Contact Us. Kingsley would have been located within present day Wasco County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Kingsley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. While the community is gone, the present day location for Kingsley is 2,440 feet [744 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Kingsley is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Kingsley was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Kingsley would have been located in the (541) and (458)<4> area codes. Communities Also Named Kingsley ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Kingsley - they are located in Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan (3), Nevada, New Brunswick, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kingsley. Communities near Kingsley ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kingsley.
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 Kingsley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kingsley. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kingsley. 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 Kingsley. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingsley. See our Newspapers Page for Kingsley. Adding Kingsley to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Kingsley 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 for Kingsley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Kingsley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Kingsley. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Wasco County: www.co.wasco.or.us/ The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/ Footnotes ...
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