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Welcome to Kettle Falls ...

Kettle Falls is located in Saint Louis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kettle Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Kettle Falls is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Kettle Falls: 218

Communities Also Named Kettle Falls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kettle Falls - it's located in Washington.

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

Communities near Kettle Falls ...

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

  • Seine River 23A
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Seine River 23B
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Crane Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Seine River Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Kabetogama
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Mine Centre
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Farrington
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Crilly
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crilly
  • Lac La Croix
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Island View
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Island View is located in Koochiching County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kettle Falls ...

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

Adding Kettle Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kettle Falls post office opened in 1912. The Kettle Falls post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kettle Falls.

Footnotes ...

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