History · Kim

Kim’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Kim. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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1historic places
4recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

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.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 74 to 63 (-15%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.

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

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Kim

1 place in Kim is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Coloradoby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 district
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
3historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
2007first listedKim Schools

Where they are

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When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

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