Welcome to Kilbourn ...

Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kilbourn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Kilbourn is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Kilbourn lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Kilbourn ...

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

• Fairfield
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Fairfield is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,500 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Fairfield
  • From Kilbourn to Fairfield
• Maharishi Vedic City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
• Eldon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Eldon is located in Wapello County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eldon <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Eldon
  • From Kilbourn to Eldon
• Keosauqua
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Keosauqua is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keosauqua
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 911 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keosauqua <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Keosauqua
  • From Kilbourn to Keosauqua
• Farmington
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Farmington is located in Van Buren County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmington <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Farmington
  • From Kilbourn to Farmington
• Batavia
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Batavia is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batavia <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Batavia
  • From Kilbourn to Batavia
• Birmingham
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
• Bonaparte
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bonaparte is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonaparte
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 405 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonaparte <3>
• Milton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Milton is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <3>
• Salem
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Salem is located in Henry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kilbourn ...

Looking for more information about Kilbourn? 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 Kilbourn, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kilbourn.

Adding Kilbourn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kilbourn 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 Kilbourn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Kilbourn post office opened in 1858. The Kilbourn post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kilbourn.