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Kimball’s history is
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The story

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Kimball was originally called Antelopeville, and under the latter name was established circa 1870 when the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. It initially consisted of a telegraph and coal station with a siding and section house. It was renamed in 1885 in honor of Thomas Lord Kimball, a railroad official. Kimball was incorporated in 1888.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today18 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

4 historic places in Kimball

4 places in Kimball are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#35
In Nebraskaby listings · most towns there have none
4places listed4 buildings
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
10historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1983first listedFraternal Hall · newest: Wheat Growers Hotel, 2002

Where they are

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Fraternal HallKimball County CourthouseGridley-Howe-Faden-Atkins FarmsteadWheat Growers Hotel
Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966. Kimball’s busiest decade was the 1990s.
Listed 1983Fraternal HallBuildingArchitectureSocial historyListed 1990Kimball County CourthouseBuildingPoliticsArchitectureListed 1997Gridley-Howe-Faden-Atkins FarmsteadBuildingAgricultureListed 2002Wheat Growers HotelBuildingArchitectureCommerce
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

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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