Kimball, Kansas

Kimball is an unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, in the United States.^[1]

History

Kimball, originally spelled Kimbal, was platted as a town 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]

References

↑ "Neosho County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History. Standard Publishing Company. p. 71.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

External links

Neosho County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Municipalities and communities of Neosho County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Erie

Cities	Chanute Earlton Erie Galesburg St. Paul Stark Thayer

Unincorporated communities	Kimball Leanna Morehead Odense Rollin Shaw South Mound Urbana

Civil townships	Big Creek Canville Centerville Chetopa Erie Grant Ladore Lincoln Mission Shiloh Tioga Walnut Grove

Coordinates: 37°39′40″N 95°09′49″W / 37.66111°N 95.16361°W / 37.66111; -95.16361

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