Welcome to Klinger ...

Klinger is located in Bremer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Klinger, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Klinger is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Klinger: 319

Communities near Klinger ...

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

• Waterloo
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Waterloo is located in Black Hawk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,292 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Waterloo
  • From Klinger to Waterloo
• Cedar Falls
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Falls is located in Black Hawk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,231 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Falls <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Cedar Falls
  • From Klinger to Cedar Falls
• Waverly
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Waverly is located in Bremer County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,298 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waverly <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Waverly
  • From Klinger to Waverly
• Oelwein
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Oelwein is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oelwein
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,789 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oelwein <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Oelwein
  • From Klinger to Oelwein
• Evansdale
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Evansdale is located in Black Hawk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansdale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,734 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evansdale <3>
• Jesup
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jesup is located in Black Hawk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesup
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,711 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jesup <3>
• Sumner
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sumner is located in Bremer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,965 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumner <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sumner
  • From Klinger to Sumner
• Denver
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Denver is located in Bremer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <3>
• Tripoli
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Tripoli is located in Bremer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,375 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tripoli <3>
• Shell Rock
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Shell Rock is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Rock
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shell Rock <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 Klinger. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Klinger.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Klinger ...

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

Adding Klinger to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Klinger post office opened in 1889. The Klinger post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Klinger.