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Welcome to Kinder ...

Kinder is located in the Bootheel of Missouri.

Kinder is located in Stoddard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kinder, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Kinder is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kinder: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Kinder ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Kinder - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Kinder ...

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

  • Dexter
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bloomfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Advance
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Puxico
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Essex
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Essex is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
  • Bell City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Bell City is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Fisk
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dudley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Dudley is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
  • Zalma
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Zalma is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
    • Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
  • Sturdivant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kinder ...

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

Adding Kinder to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kinder post office opened in 1910. The Kinder post office closed in 1987.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kinder.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Stoddard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kinder - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Kinder area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Kinder 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/