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Welcome to Kimbrell ...

Kimbrell is located in Estill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kimbrell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Kimbrell is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Kimbrell lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Kimbrell and travel east, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Kimbrell: 606

Communities Also Named Kimbrell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kimbrell - it's located in Alabama.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kimbrell.

Communities near Kimbrell ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kimbrell.

  • Richmond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Winchester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Sterling
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Stanton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Irvine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jeffersonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Camargo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Clay City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ravenna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Log Lick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Log Lick is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lick

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Kimbrell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kimbrell.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kimbrell. 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 Kimbrell.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kimbrell. See our Newspapers Page for Kimbrell.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kimbrell ...

Looking for more information about Kimbrell? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Kimbrell, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kimbrell.

Adding Kimbrell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kimbrell in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Kimbrell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Kimbrell post office opened in 1902. The Kimbrell post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kimbrell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Estill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kimbrell - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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