Kimberly, Twin Falls County, Idaho Genealogy

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City Hall
Kimberly City Hall 132 Main St. North Kimberly, ID 83341 Phone: 208-423-4151

Baptist
First Southern Baptist Church 310 Adams Street,

Kimberly, ID 83341 (208) 423-4106

Current
There are four wards in Kimberly. Addresses and phone numbers are listed.

Historical
Many of the original records of church units are in the Historical Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or at its Family History Centers.

Lutheran
Redeemer Lutheran Church 400 Irene St Kimberly ID 83341- 2068

Phone: (208) 423-5139

Methodist
Crossroads United Methodist Church 131 Syrunga Ave, Kimberly, ID 83341 (208) 423-4311

Other
Kimberly Church of the Nazarene 3550 East 3750 North Kimberly, ID 83341-5089 Phone: (208) 423-5290

Kimberly Christian Church 307 Madison East P O Box 98 Kimberly, Idaho 83341 208-423-5334

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship TF 273 Shoup Avenue West, Kimberly, ID 83341 zip code http://www.mvuu.org (208) 734-6552

Directories
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, regional and state directories.

History
When the lands under the Minidoka Reclamation Project were first bought into the market, a number of settlers, seeking homes, were the first settlers in Kimberley. As the settlers increased in number town site was surveyed in 1905 and the town lots placed on the market for sale on Aug 8, 1905.The town is situated on the Minidoka-buhl branch of the Oregon Short Line railroad, three miles south of Snake River, six miles east of Twin Falls and 32 miles west of Burley. It is the center of a fine irrigation district under the Twin Falls Irrigation Project, and has an excellent site for a beet sugar factory, Flour mill. The total population of the Kimberley Precinct was 1,948 was 1930.

Newspapers
Copies of issues of Kimberly newspapers are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise.