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History · Kimberly

Kimberly’s post office opened in 1907, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

1907first post office
0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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How Kimberly began

When was Kimberly founded?

1907

The Kimberly post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 213119 years
Founding year: the first Kimberly post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Kimberly’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 Kimberly are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Kimberly’s homes were built before 1945.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kimberly’s history is told.

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The story so far

Kimberly, in brief

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

Kimberly is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Armstrong Creek shortly before it enters the Kanawha River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 213 (down from 287 at the 2010 census). It is in zip code 25118.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 287 to 213 (-26%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Kimberly

Nobody well known was born in Kimberly itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jerry WestAmerican basketball player and executive · b. 1938
Mike BarrettAmerican basketball player · b. 1943
Gino MarchettiPlayer of American football · b. 1927
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Earl JonesAmerican basketball player · b. 1961
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Lou MyersAmerican actor · b. 1935
Timothy TrumanAmerican writer · b. 1956
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Kimberly’s post office has been open since 1907.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Mount Carbon
1cemetery inside Kimberly
Mount Carbon

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Mount CarbonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Kimberly’s history

What year was Kimberly founded?

The Kimberly post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.