Kincardine (or Kincardine on Forth), small seaport town with ry. sta., Tulliallan par., detached part of Perthshire, 3 miles S. of its ry. sta., which is 3 miles E. of Alloa and 10½ W. of Dunfermline, pop. 1985; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; Kincardine was long an important seat of commerce, and a great ferry station; it has still several ships and a few industrial establishments, including 2 woollen factories and a rope-and-sail works.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))