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Welcome to Klinefelter ...

Klinefelter is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Klinefelter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Klinefelter is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Klinefelter lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Klinefelter, you will soon leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Codes for Klinefelter: 760 & 442<3>

Communities near Klinefelter ...

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

  • Bullhead City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Needles
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Needles is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needles
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,942 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Needles <4>
  • Willow Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Willow Valley is located in Mohave County (AZ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
  • Arizona Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Arizona Village is located in Mohave County (AZ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona Village
  • Mohave Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mojave Ranch Estates
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Mojave Ranch Estates is located in Mohave County (AZ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojave Ranch Estates
  • Fort Mohave
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardyville ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardyville is located in Mohave County (AZ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
  • Mesquite Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mesquite Creek is located in Mohave County (AZ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite Creek
  • Mojave City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mojave City is located in Mohave County (AZ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojave City

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 Klinefelter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Klinefelter.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Klinefelter. 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 Klinefelter.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Klinefelter. See our Newspapers Page for Klinefelter.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Klinefelter ...

Looking for more information about Klinefelter? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Klinefelter, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Klinefelter.

Adding Klinefelter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Klinefelter 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 Klinefelter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Klinefelter post office opened in 1894. The Klinefelter post office closed in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Klinefelter.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Bernardino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Klinefelter - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Klinefelter area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Klinefelter area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/