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Welcome to Karinen ...

Karinen is located in Harding County<1>.

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

Karinen is 3,220 feet [981 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Karinen is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Karinen lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Karinen: 605

Communities near Karinen ...

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

  • Ladner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ladner is located in Harding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladner
  • Ludlow
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Buffalo
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Bowman
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Bowman is located in Bowman County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
    • Former names for Bowman:
    • Eden
    • Lowden
    • Twin Buttes
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowman <3>
  • Rhame
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Rhame is located in Bowman County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhame
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rhame <3>
  • Haley
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Camp Crook
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Marmarth
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Scranton
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ralph
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Karinen ...

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

Adding Karinen to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Karinen post office opened in 1907. The Karinen post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Karinen.

Footnotes ...

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