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Welcome to Kirtley ...

Kirtley is located in Niobrara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kirtley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Kirtley is 5,030 feet [1,533 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Kirtley is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel south from Kirtley (for example, toward Henry (NE)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Kirtley: 307

Communities Also Named Kirtley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Kirtley - they are located in Kentucky, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Kirtley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kirtley ...

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

Adding Kirtley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kirtley 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 Kirtley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Kirtley post office opened in 1895.

We also found Kirtley on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wyoming (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kirtley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Niobrara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kirtley - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/