Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:

Places and historical events

Australia

Kimberley (Western Australia) The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy Desert, Great Sandy and Tanami Desert, Tanami deserts ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley ( la, Kimberleyen(sis)) is a diocese of the Catholic Church based in the city of Kimberly in the Ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa. The seat of the bishop is the Cathedral of St. M ...

Kimberley Warm Springs Kimberley Warm Springs are a geothermal feature and semi-developed visitor site located in the town of Kimberley, North West Tasmania. The Springs are located within the Kimberley Warm Springs Reserve, which is managed by Parks and Wildlife S ...

, Tasmania *

Kimberley, Tasmania Kimberley is a rural locality and town in the local government areas of Meander Valley and Kentish in the Launceston and North-west and west regions of Tasmania. The locality is about north-west of the town of Westbury. The 2016 census h ...

a small town * County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia *

Kimberley Marine Park The Kimberley Marine Park, formerly known as the Kimberley Commonwealth Marine Reserve and also known as the Great Kimberley Marine Park, is an Australian marine parks, Australian marine park offshore of Western Australia, near the Kimberley ( ...

, a marine protected area

Canada

Kimberley, British Columbia Kimberley is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada along Highway 95A between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains. Kimberley was named in 1896 after the Kimberley mine in South Africa. From 1917 to 2001, it was the home to the world's largest ...

, Canada

New Zealand

Kimberley, New Zealand Kimberley is a rural area in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand. It is west of the outskirts of Christchurch and directly north of Darfield. It consists of an old hall, a cemetery and arable and sheep farming land. A mag ...

South Africa

Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located approximately 110 km east of the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The city has considerable historical significance due to it ...

, South Africa **

Siege of Kimberley The siege of Kimberley took place during the Second Boer War at Kimberley, Cape Colony (present-day South Africa), when Boer forces from the Orange Free State and the Transvaal besieged the diamond mining town. The Boers moved quickly to try ...

(1899–1900), event during the Second Boer War

United Kingdom

Kimberley, Norfolk Kimberley is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England, situated about north-west of Wymondham, around the crossroads of the B1108 road, B1108 and B1135 road, B1135. The parish has an area of a ...

Kimberley, Nottinghamshire Kimberley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England, lying 6 miles northwest of Nottingham along the A610. The town grew as a centre for coal mining, brewing and hosiery manufacturing. Together with the n ...

United States

* Kimberly, Arkansas *

Kimberly, Alabama Kimberly is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,841. History The city of Kimberly developed around a stagecoach station built in the 1830s; it remained in service until 1865. At this tim ...

, city *

Kimberly Mansion The Kimberly Mansion is a historic house at 1625 Main Street in Glastonbury, Connecticut. It was the home of Abby and Julia Evelina Smith, political activists involved in causes including abolitionism and women's suffrage. By contesting the a ...

, a historic house in Connecticut *

Kimberly, Idaho Kimberly is a city in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,264 at the 2010 census, up from 2,614 in 2000.Kimberly, Minnesota *

Kimberly Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota Kimberly Township is a township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 195 as of the 2010 census. History Kimberly Township was named for Moses C. Kimberly, an official of the Northern Pacific Railway. Geography Accordi ...

Kimberly, Missouri Kimberly is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History Kimberly had is start in 1895 as a mining community. A post office called Kimberly was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1905. Th ...

, unincorporated community *

Kimberly, Nevada Kimberly is a ghost town in the state of Nevada. A mining town situated west of Riepetown and east of the former town of Veteran, Kimberly once boasted over 500 inhabitants. While copper was found in the mountaines near Kimberly in 1877, the tow ...

, ghost town *

Kimberly, Oregon 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 the confluence of the John Day and the North Fork John Day rivers. Kimberly was nam ...

, unincorporated community *

Kimberly, Utah Kimberly is a ghost town in the northwest corner of Piute County, Utah, United States. Located high in Mill Canyon on the side of Gold Mountain in the Tushar Mountains, Kimberly was formerly a gold mining town. Originally settled in the 1890s, it l ...

, abandoned town *

Kimberly, Fayette County, West Virginia Kimberly is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Armstrong Creek shortly before it enters the Kanawha River The Kanawha River ( ) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 9 ...

, unincorporated community *

Kimberly, Monongalia County, West Virginia Kimberly is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. Kimberly is located along County Route 15, off West Virginia Route 7 West Virginia Route 7 is an east–west state highway located in the U.S. state ...

, unincorporated community *

Kimberly, Wisconsin Kimberly is a village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,320 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The village is east of Appleton, Wisconsin, Appleton. History Kimberly was or ...

, village

People

Kimberly (given name) Kimberly (also Kimberley or Kimmberly) is a male and female given name of Old English origin. John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, a place in Norfolk, England, popularised the name by giving it to Kimberley, Northern Cape, a town in South Africa ...

(Kimberly and Kimberley) *

Kimberley (surname) ''Kimberley'' is a surname in the English language. A variant form of the surname is ''Kimberly''. ''Kimberley'' is derived from any of several places in England named ''Kimberley''. which cited: for the surnames "Kimberly", "Kimberley". However ...

(Kimberley and Kimberly) *

Earl of Kimberley Earl of Kimberley, of Kimberley in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1866 for the prominent Liberal politician John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse. During his long political career, he no ...

, peerage in the United Kingdom

Ships

* , K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy * SAS ''Kimberley'' (M1210), ex–HMS ''Stratton'',

Ton-class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy. They were intended to meet the threat of seabed mines laid in shallow c ...

, sold to South Africa in 1959 and renamed ''Kimberley'' * , destroyer (1917–37) of the U.S. Navy * , destroyer (1942–67) of the U.S. Navy

Sports

Kimberley de Mar del Plata Club Atlético Kimberley, also known as Kimberley de Mar del Plata, is an Argentine sports club based on the city of Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat ...

or Club Atlético Kimberley, a sports club based in Mar del Plata, Argentina *

Kimberley Atlético Club Kimberley Atlético Club is an Argentine sports club based in the Villa Devoto district of Buenos Aires. Nowadays Kimberley is mostly known for its futsal team,Kimberley Dynamiters (disambiguation) Dynamiters or Kimberley Dynamiters may refer to: The Kimberley Dynamiters may refer to: * Kimberley Dynamiters (WKHL), an ice hockey team that played 1932–1942 in the West Kootenay League and the Alberta-British Columbia Senior League * Kimberl ...

, several Canadian ice hockey teams

Other uses

Kimberley Declaration Indigenous intellectual property is a term used in national and international forums to describe intellectual property that is "collectively owned" by various Indigenous peoples, and by extension, their legal rights to protect specific such prop ...

, a 2002 statement regarding protection of traditional indigenous knowledge systems *

Kimberley Process Certification Scheme The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is the process established in 2003 to prevent "conflict diamonds" from entering the mainstream rough diamond market by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/56 following recommendations in ...

, to certify the origin of rough diamonds * ''Kimberley'' (album), by Kimberley Chen, 2012 * "Kimberly", a song by Patti Smith from ''

Horses The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million yea ...

'', 1975 * Kimberly, a biscuit produced by

Jacob Fruitfield Food Group The Jacob Fruitfield Food Group is a company that once produced food products in Ireland, but is now mainly a brand for imported foods targeted at the Irish market. It was formed by Fruitfield Foods' acquisition of the Republic of Ireland portion ...

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