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History · Kim

Kim’s post office opened in 1917, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 3 buildings. Below: maps from 1892 on and the census since 1980.

1917first post office
1on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Kim began

When was Kim founded?

1917

The Kim post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 100 in 19802020 census: 63109 years
Founding year: the first Kim post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Kim’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Kim are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kim’s history is told.

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The story so far

Kim, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Kim yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Kim is a Statutory Town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 63 at the time of the 2020 United States census. The town was named after the novel Kim by Rudyard Kipling. As of 2014, the town included a complete school system (grades K-12), a post office, and a general store.

Its first post office opened in 1917. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 74 to 63 (-15%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Kim, decade by decade

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Kim, Colorado2012Kim, ColoradoKim Schools2012Kim SchoolsWelcome To2009Welcome ToKim Outpost2009Kim Outpost
On the map

Kim on the map, 1892 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kim. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Kim on the 1892 USGS mapKim on the 1982 USGS map1892Mount Carrizo sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Kim.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Kim

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
2007
Kim Schools
Kim Schools
Districts

Architectural styles listings

WPA Rustic1
Kim SchoolsWPA Rustic

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Kim, census by census

0100198020002020Peak: 100

Between 63 and 100 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Kim’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Kim’s history

What year was Kim founded?

The Kim post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Kim?

One place: the Kim Schools (listed 2007).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.