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Welcome to Kinder ...So far, we found very little information about Kinder. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Kinder to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kinder, please Contact Us. Kinder would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>. The location of Kinder has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Kinder, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906. While the community is gone, the present day location for Kinder is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Kinder was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Kinder once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Kinder ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Kinder - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana and Missouri. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kinder. Communities near Kinder ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kinder.
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 Kinder. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kinder. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kinder. 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 Kinder. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kinder. See our Newspapers Page for Kinder. Adding Kinder to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Kinder 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 for Kinder was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Kinder on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Kinder. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.wv.us/ The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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