Kimball, West Virginia

From West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia

A community in McDowell County, Kimball, WV was incorporated in 1911. Named for Frederick J. Kimball, President of the Norfolk and Western Railway (http://www.wvrailroads.net/index.php/Norfolk_%26_Western_Railway), who's railroad built its line through the mountains of southwestern Virginia into the previously untapped Flat Top - Pocahontas Coal Field during the 1880's. Kimball is the location of the first war memorial building erected in the United States to the memory of Afro-American veterans of the World War.

Population: 411

Elevation: 1492 feet

Weather: Kimball, WV (http://www.wvwebsites.com/cgi-bin/weather/hamweather.cgi?user=default&theme=default&forecast=zandh&state=wv&place=Kimball)

Schools: McDowell County Schools (http://boe.mcdo.k12.wv.us/)
Libraries: McDowell County Public Library (http://mcdowell.lib.wv.us/default.htm)