Kimberly, Oregon
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Kimberly is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the intersection of Oregon Route 19 and Oregon Route 402 and confluence of the John Day and the North Fork John Day rivers.
Kimberly was named after the prominent local Kimberly family.[1] Orin Kimberly established the first commercial orchard in the area in the 1930s.[2]
The James Cant Ranch Museum and the Thomas Condon Palenontology Center & Museum of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument are located south of Kimberly on Route 19.
[edit] References
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur [1928] (2003). Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition, Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 535. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Kimberly Orchards, LLC.. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
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- Kimberly, Oregon is at coordinates Coordinates:
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