Kimbrell, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Kimbrell is located in Alabama
Kimbrell
Kimbrell
Kimbrell is located in the United States
Kimbrell
Kimbrell
Coordinates: 33°16′34″N 87°04′02″W / 33.27611°N 87.06722°W / 33.27611; -87.06722
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountiesJefferson and Tuscaloosa
Elevation
479 ft (146 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID151955[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, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Kimbrell, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  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 January 7, 2015.


Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States


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