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Welcome to Kost ...

Kost is located in Chisago County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kost, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Kost is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Kost ...

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

  • Forest Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • East Bethel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • North Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cambridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Wyoming
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Isanti
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Chisago City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lindstrom
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Scandia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • City of Columbus
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • City of Columbus is located in Anoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Columbus
    • Estimated population in 2015: 4,007 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kost ...

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

Adding Kost to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kost post office opened in 1884. The Kost post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kost.

Footnotes ...

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