Kimball, Kansas

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Kimball, Kansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°39′40″N95°09′49″W / 37.66111°N 95.16361°W / 37.66111; -95.16361 [1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Neosho
Founded1880s
Platted 1888
Elevation
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1,043 ft (318 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 620
FIPS code 20-36800
GNIS ID 474978 [1]

Kimball is an unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. [1] The community is located next to a railroad between cities of Erie and Stark.

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History

Kimball, originally spelled Kimbal, was platted in 1888. [2]

The first post office in Kimbal was established in May 1888. The name was officially changed to Kimball (with two Ls) in 1950, and the post office closed in 1956. [3]

The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad passed through Kimball and a passenger depot previously existed in the community too.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kimball, Kansas
  2. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  71.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2014.

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