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Welcome to Kloten ...

Kloten is located in Nelson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kloten, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Kloten is 1,510 feet [460 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Kloten: 701

Communities Also Named Kloten ...

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

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

Communities near Kloten ...

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

  • Cooperstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Finley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • McVille
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Aneta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Binford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tolna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Sharon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pekin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jessie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrisburg is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kloten ...

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

Adding Kloten to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kloten post office opened in 1907. The Kloten post office closed in 1987.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kloten.

Footnotes ...

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