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Kimble County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

4historic places

—earliest paper

1858formed

4,286pop. 2020

11cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 4 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1982. Most listings are in or near Junction.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 4 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

4 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Brambletye	Junction	Building	1982
Kimble County Courthouse	Junction	Building	2021
State Highway 27 Bridge at Johnson Fork	Junction	Structure	1996
State Highway 27 Bridge at the South Llano River	Junction	Structure	1996

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Kimble was formed in 1858 (1858-01-22) from Bexar Land District.

KIMBLE created from Bexar Land District.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Kimble County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
72	1,343	2,503	3,581	5,064	4,619	3,943	4,063	4,468	4,286

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

11 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bannowsky Cemetery	30.70046	-99.6784
Bear Creek Cemetery	30.58019	-99.86063
Cedar Hill Cemetery	30.49408	-100.10758
Gentry Creek Cemetery	30.53408	-99.69145
London Cemetery	30.66518	-99.57978
Noxville Cemetery	30.37019	-99.39033
Paint Creek Cemetery	30.3036	-99.90351
Red Creek Cemetery	30.61435	-99.58951
Schrier Cemetery	30.47081	-99.67199
Sunset Cemetery	30.1552	-99.3506
Woaten Cemetery	30.3738	-99.88924

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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