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

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

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


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