Kimbrell, Alabama

Kimbrell, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Kimbrell, Alabama
Kimbrell, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°16′34″N 87°04′02″W / 33.27611°N 87.06722°W / 33.27611; -87.06722Coordinates: 33°16′34″N 87°04′02″W / 33.27611°N 87.06722°W / 33.27611; -87.06722
Country United States
State Alabama
Counties Jefferson and Tuscaloosa
Elevation 479 ft (146 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 205
GNIS feature ID 151955[1]

Kimbrell (also Kimbrel) is an unincorporated community in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties, Alabama, United States.[2] Kimbrell was named in honor of Miles Kimbrell, a storekeeper and sewing machine agent.[3] A post office operated under the name Kimbrel from 1895 to 1905.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ralph". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Kimbrell, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 79. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  4. ↑ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 January 2015.


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