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Welcome to Kipp ...

Kipp is located in Saline County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kipp, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Kipp is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Kipp: 785

Communities Also Named Kipp ...

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

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

Communities near Kipp ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kipp ...

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

Adding Kipp to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kipp post office opened in 1890. The Kipp post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kipp.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Saline, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kipp - 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/