Kimball, South Dakota
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Kimball is a town in Brule County
Brule County, South Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,364 people, 1,998 households, and 1,328 families residing in the county. The population density was 6 people per square mile . There were 2,272 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile...

, South Dakota
South Dakota
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, United States
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. The population was 703 at the 2010 census.

History

Kimball was first known as Stake 48 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad line going west out of Mitchell, South Dakota
Mitchell, South Dakota
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 14,558 people, 6,121 households, and 3,599 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,475.7 people per square mile . There were 6,555 housing units at an average density of 664.4 per square mile...

. In 1880, the first homestead claims were made in the vicinity of Stake 48. Kimball was organized as a village in the spring of 1883. It was named for J.W. Kimball, a surveyor.

Geography

Kimball is located at 43°44′50"N 98°57′27"W (43.747136, -98.957491).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8 km²), all of it land.

Kimball has been assigned the ZIP code
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 57355 and the FIPS place code 33980.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 745 people, 314 households, and 194 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 240.7 people per square mile (92.8/km²). There were 351 housing units at an average density of 113.4 per square mile (43.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.33% White, 0.54% Native American, and 0.13% from two or more races.

There were 314 households out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.2% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% were non-families. 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,167, and the median income for a family was $37,813. Males had a median income of $27,727 versus $16,544 for females. The per capita income
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 for the city was $15,398. About 5.9% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over.

Famous residents

Alton Oschner - Dr. Oschner was born in Kimball and graduated from Kimball High School. He was "a world renowned surgeon and founder of the Oschner Clinic and Hospital in New Orleans. He is credited with convincing the medical world of the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer and heart disease. A famous cartoonist used his crusade as a subject for one of his drawings."

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