Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Kimball came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Kimball in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Kimball. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Kimball data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Kimball:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

We found Kimball in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Kimball for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Kimball. See our Misc Page for Kimball for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Kimball:

Kimball was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following route mentioned Kimball as a scheduled stop:

The Gold Coast Limited: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Gold Coast Limited (train schedule from 1951). The Gold Coast Limited travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)