Kimball’s Future
On the Road of Opportunity
Western Nebraska Lifestyle | Kimball, NE
The growth Kimball is starting to experience has happened before. We appreciate the work of generations who came before us and recognize the quality of life we take for granted in such a safe and small community. However, to meet the upcoming challenges Kimball will inevitably face, we will have to acknowledge our communities’ weaknesses and improve upon and utilize our strengths to capture opportunities.
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Be a part of making Kimball’s future a place where our graduates know there’s opportunity to have a career, quality of life and sense of community.
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A Vision For The Future
Economic vitality means families have places to earn money and spend money. Together we can ensure we take advantage of the future economic boom, that will support a variety of both our current small businesses as well as those businesses looking to move to Kimball. We have to focus on things like housing, quality of life items and an increased sense of pride in our community.
Vision
Changes & Challenges Ahead
The growth Kimball is broad and in multiple areas of ecnomic and social sectors. Check out what is happening and stay up-to-date on the projects that are brewing.
Kimball’s Projects
Clean Harbors Expansion
Airport Repairs
New Hospital Construction Project
Canterbury – Horse Races / Casino / Resort
GBSD Project
Why We Live Here!
Kimball is more than just the rural standard when it comes to economic growth. Working in Kimball also brings the best aspects of living in a small town; zero commute, low cost of living, plus a warm sense of community and high civic engagement. Folks here make the time to engage resources and community connections that truly make them happy!
Assets
Four Winds Golf Course
Oliver Reservoir
Ride KCTS - Transit Services
Vista Villa Apartments
Kimball Health Services
Kimball Public Schools
Kimball Businesses
City of Kimball Website
Kimball County Website
Visit Kimball
About Kimball
Kimball is set in the midst of rural Western Nebraska, in the scenic Lodgepole Valley. Kimball is the High Point of Nebraska. Not only our elevation and nearby Panorama Point show us as High Point, but Kimball can be the “High Point” of your visit, your stay and your day… Kimball, your Destination High Point!
Kimball is more than just the rural standard when it comes to economic growth. Working in Kimball also brings the best aspects of living in a small town; zero commute, low cost of living, plus a warm sense of community and high civic engagement. Folks here make the time to engage resources and community connections that truly make them happy!
A Bit of History
Kimball was established about 1870 by the Union Pacific Railroad, a little settlement of adobe shacks to house the workers, and a water supply for the steam powered locomotives and residents of the area. Because of the prevalence of antelope, the town was known as Antelopeville.
Mother Lynch, wife of the railroad section foreman, cajoled the company and several section workers who boarded with her, to find a building, a teacher, and money to start a school for her children.
In 1885 Charles Randall, only 19 years old, cranked out a newspaper, “The Nebraska Observer” on an old army press. He described the town as having about 100 inhabitants “…of an energetic and social nature,” and noted, a good ten-month school, a Sunday school with library, and several platted additions with free lots offered to anyone who would build upon them.
A “second frontier” started when oil was discovered in 1951. This brought hundreds of people to Kimball County. At one time 28 “producers” were operating within the city limits. The town bustled with improvements, paved streets, added schools, businesses, housing additions, and expanded every governmental entity. Within a decade the population was nearly 5,000.
In early 1960, a mammoth hole was dug south of town and residents viewed the huge Atlas missile taken to the site. In the next few years, people swarmed into Kimball as 90 Minute Man launch sites were constructed. The impact, on top of the oil boom, overwhelmed the city as it faced added city services, more new schools, and trailer villages to accommodate the influx of families. The city coped as the population climbed to nearly 8,000.
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Find Out About All the Changes Coming to Our Town…
Long-term stable community happens through collaboration. With the resources we now have, it’s only a matter of working together, and thinking outside the box to achieve our community goals.
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