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Welcome to Kipling ...

Kipling is located in Kemper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kipling, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Kipling is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Kipling ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Kipling - they are located in Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Kipling ...

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

  • Marion
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Marion is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <3>
  • De Kalb
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Scooba
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Emelle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Emelle is located in Sumter County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
  • Daleville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
  • Narkeeta ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
  • Porterville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Porterville is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
  • Sucarnoochee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
  • Electric Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
  • Lockhart
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kipling ...

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

Adding Kipling to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kipling in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Kipling was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Kipling post office opened in 1897. The Kipling post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kipling.

Footnotes ...

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