Kimbrell, Alabama

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Kimbrell, Alabama
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Kimbrell
Coordinates: 33°16′34″N87°04′02″W / 33.27611°N 87.06722°W / 33.27611; -87.06722
Country United States
State Alabama
Counties Jefferson and Tuscaloosa
Elevation
479 ft (146 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 205, 659
GNIS feature ID151955 [1]

Kimbrell (also Kimbrel) is an unincorporated community in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties, Alabama, United States. [2] Kimbrell was named in honor of Miles Kimbrell, a storekeeper and sewing machine agent. [3] A post office operated under the name Kimbrel from 1895 to 1905. [4]

Notes

  1. "Ralph". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Kimbrell, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 79. ISBN   0-8173-0410-X.
  4. "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 7, 2015.