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Welcome to Kiel ...

Kiel is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kiel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Kiel is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Kiel ...

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

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

Communities near Kiel ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kiel ...

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

Adding Kiel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kiel post office opened in 1883. The Kiel post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kiel.

Footnotes ...

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