Welcome to Kirchhayn ...

Kirchhayn is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kirchhayn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Kirchhayn is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Kirchhayn: 262

Communities near Kirchhayn ...

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

• Milwaukee
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
• West Allis
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
• Wauwatosa
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
• Brookfield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
• Menomonee Falls
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
• West Bend
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • West Bend is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
• Mequon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
• Germantown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Germantown is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
• Hartford
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hartford is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
• Pewaukee
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,703 people

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

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

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

Adding Kirchhayn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kirchhayn 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 Kirchhayn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Kirchhayn post office opened in 1858. The Kirchhayn post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kirchhayn.