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Kimbro Cemetery
TE Photor, 2000 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Originally named Cottonwood, the
town was named after Lemuel Kimbro, who had received the land in a
grant awarded in the 1830s. A post office was established in 1901
and discontinued the following year. In 1907 Kimbro had a school with
thirty-nine students which was eventually consolidated with other
neighboring schools to form the Manda common school district. Kimbro
had a population of twenty-five in the 1930s and has stayed at 50
for the last 50 years.
The surnames on the graves in the cemetery at Kimbro (pictured above)
shows that the community was heavily Swedish. Barely detectable over
the tombstone is the distant steeple of the New Sweden church. |
Historical Marker:
(Between Manda Carlson Road and FM 1100)
Kimbro
Named for pioneer
landowner Lemuel Kimbro, this community was settled in the late 1870s
by Swedish, Danish, and German immigrants. Most of the residents were
cotton farmers, and at its height the community boasted homes, farms,
the Swedish Evangelical Free Church of Kimbro, a school, a cotton
gin, and two general stores. The school closed in 1947 when the nearby
Manda Consolidated School District was formed, and the church building
was moved to Elgin in 1954.
Many of Kimbro's early settlers were buried here; some of their descendants
still reside in the area.
(1991) |
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