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Welcome to Kerns ...

Kerns is located in Nicollet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kerns, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Kerns is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kerns: 507 & 924<3>

Communities Also Named Kerns ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Kerns - they are located in Colorado, Montana, Ontario, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Kerns ...

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

  • Mankato
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mankato is located in Blue Earth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankato
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,435 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mankato <4>
  • North Mankato
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Ulm
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Saint Peter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Eagle Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Lake Crystal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Madelia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Madison Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Nicollet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Clair
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kerns ...

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

Adding Kerns to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kerns 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 Kerns was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Kerns post office opened in 1898. The Kerns post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kerns.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Nicollet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kerns - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Kerns area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Kerns area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/