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KIMBRO,
TEXASTravis County,
Texas Hill Country
FM 1100 (North of US290)
Near New Sweden
5 miles E of Manor
East of Austin
West of Elgin
Population
50 (1990)
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Kimbro
Cemetery
Photo by John Troesser, 2000 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally named Cottonwood, the town was named after Lemuel Kimbro,
who had recieved 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.
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