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Do you know of Kimbro ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Kimbro. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Kimbro.

We found mention of Kimbro as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Travis County, Texas.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1901 and closed  in 1902.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Kimbro ...

We found one communities that share the name Kimbro.

Within Texas, the name Kimbro is unique.

Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Kimbro in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Kimbro [Davidson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kimbro ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Kimbro:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The FIPS database contains an entry for Kimbro.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 48/39208   (Place Name: Kimbro)

County: Travis     (FIPS State/County: 48/453)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Kimbro) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Travis County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Travis County.

Allandale 
 Lakeland Hills
Balcones VillageLakeland Park
Butter Krust 
 Mansfield Dam
CapitolMerrilltown
CharlesMilby
CurrieMud
  
DuvalNorth Austin
 North Oaks
East AustinNortheast
 Northwest
Fiskville 
FrommePerdenales
  
GreggSaint Elmo
 Saunders
Hancock'sSneed
Heritage HillsSouth Austin
Hickmuntown 
HooperTravis Peak
Hornsby 
 Watters
KitchenvilleWest Austin
Kouns 

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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