Welcome to Kimball ...
So far, we found very little information about Kimball. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Kimball to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kimball, please Contact Us.
Kimball would have been located within present day Custer County<2>.
The location of Kimball has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Kimball, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Kimball is 2,610 feet [796 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Kimball is ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Kimball was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Kimball would have been located in the (406) area code.
Communities Also Named Kimball ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Kimball - they are located in Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Kansas (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kimball.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Kimball. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kimball.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kimball. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kimball.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kimball. See our Newspapers Page for Kimball.
Adding Kimball to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Kimball in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Kimball was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Kimball post office opened in 1912.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Kimball.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kimball, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Custer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kimball - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |