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Welcome to Kibbie ...

So far, we found very little information about Kibbie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Kibbie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kibbie, please Contact Us.

Kibbie would have been located within present day Crawford County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Kibbie, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Kibbie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Kibbie is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Kibbie was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Kibbie (for example, toward Merom (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

If Kibbie still existed, it would have been in the (618) area code.

Communities Also Named Kibbie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kibbie - it's located in Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kibbie.

Communities near Kibbie ...

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

  • Robinson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
    • Robinson is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,271 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robinson <6>
  • Newton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Newton is located in Jasper County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,818 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <6>
  • Casey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Greenup
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oblong
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Palestine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Martinsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
    • Martinsville is located in Clark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsville <6>
  • Hutsonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Flat Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sainte Marie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sainte Marie have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sainte Marie
    • Sainte Marie is located in Jasper County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sainte Marie <6>

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

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

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

Adding Kibbie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kibbie 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 Kibbie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Kibbie post office opened in 1887.

We also found Kibbie in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kibbie.

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kibbie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kibbie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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