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Welcome to Kumler ...

Kumler is located in McLean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kumler, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Kumler is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Websites for Kumler ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.mcleancochamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Kumler, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Kumler ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kumler ...

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

Adding Kumler to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kumler post office opened in 1877. The Kumler post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kumler.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including McLean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kumler - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/