Welcome to Kire ...Kire is located in Giles County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Kire, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917. Kire is 2,680 feet [817 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Kire is ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Kire lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Kire: 540 & 826<3> Communities near Kire ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kire.
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 Kire. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kire. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kire. 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 Kire. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kire. See our Newspapers Page for Kire. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kire ...Looking for more information about Kire? 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 Kire, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kire. Adding Kire to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Kire 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 Kire was on a map titled Map of Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Kire. Footnotes ...
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