Editing Kimbolton, Ohio

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|official_name            = Kimbolton, Ohio
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Guernsey County, Ohio|Guernsey]]
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|area_code               = [[Area code 740|740]]
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'''Kimbolton''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] in [[Guernsey County, Ohio|Guernsey County]], [[Ohio]], United States, along [[Wills Creek (Ohio)|Wills Creek]]. The population was 152 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==History==
Kimbolton was originally called "Liberty", and under the latter name was [[plat]]ted in 1828. John Gibson was the first person to lay out Liberty.<ref name="Sarchet 305">{{cite book| last=Sarchet| first=Cyrus Parkinson Beatty| title=History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1| url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofguernse01sarc#page/304/mode/2up|year=1911 |publisher=B.F. Bowen & Company |page=305}}</ref>

A post office called Kimbolton has been in operation since 1837.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Guernsey | title=Guernsey County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=17 December 2015}}</ref> The village was incorporated as Kimbolton in 1884.<ref name="Sarchet 305" /> The present name is derived from [[Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire|Kimbolton]], England, the native home of a local merchant.<ref>{{cite book| last=Overman| first=William Daniel| title=Ohio Town Names| url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=85| year=1958| publisher=Atlantic Press| location=Akron, OH| pages=69–70}}</ref>

In March 2004, the electorate voted to surrender the corporate powers of the Village of Kimbolton to the trustees of [[Liberty Township, Guernsey County, Ohio|Liberty Township]]. The village was officially dissolved on April 30, 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.auditor.state.oh.us/auditsearch/Reports/2005/Villlage_of_Kimbolton_05-Guernsey.pdf | title = Village of Kimbolton, Guernsey County: Final Audit | work = For the period of January 1, 2005 to April 30, 2005 | publisher = Ohio Auditor of State | date = | accessdate = 2009-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |title=Boundary Changes |work=Geographic Change Notes: Ohio |publisher=Population Division, United States Census Bureau |date=2008-09-08 |accessdate=2009-02-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206063031/http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |archivedate=2006-02-06 }}</ref>

==Geography==
Kimbolton is located in northern Guernsey County in the northern part of [[Liberty Township, Guernsey County, Ohio|Liberty Township]]. It is on [[Ohio State Route 541]], {{convert|1|mi}} west of [[Interstate 77]], which leads south {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Cambridge, Ohio|Cambridge]], the Guernsey County seat, and north {{convert|28|mi}} to [[New Philadelphia, Ohio|New Philadelphia]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Kimbolton CDP has an area of {{convert|1.3|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3940264| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Kimbolton CDP, Ohio| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 20, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 152
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 190 people, 57 households, and 44 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|794.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 62 housing units at an average density of {{convert|259.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 91.58% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.63% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.05% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.74% from two or more races.

There were 57 households, out of which 38.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the village the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 25.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $21,625, and the median income for a family was $23,750. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $22,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $13,370. About 23.8% of families and 30.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 56.6% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

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{{Guernsey County, Ohio}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Guernsey County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2005]]
[[Category:2005 disestablishments in Ohio]]
[[Category:Former municipalities in Ohio]]