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 and Tanami deserts in the region of the Pilbara, ...

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. ...

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 Se ...

, 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 __NOTOC__ County of Kimberley is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land to the east of the Flinders Ranges about east of the town of Peterborough. It was proclaimed in 1871 and named after John ...

, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Kimberley Marine Park, a marine protected area

Canada

* Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada

New Zealand

* Kimberley, New Zealand

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 its ...

, 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 tr ...

(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 and B1135. The parish has an area of and had a total popu ...

* Kimberley, Nottinghamshire

United States

* Kimberly, Arkansas * Kimberly, Alabama, 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 as ...

, a historic house in Connecticut * Kimberly, Idaho, city * 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 Accor ...

* Kimberly, Missouri, 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, 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, ...

, abandoned town *

Kimberly, Fayette County, West Virginia Kimberly is a census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the co ...

, 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. sta ...

, unincorporated community *

Kimberly, Wisconsin Kimberly is a village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,320 at the 2020 census. The village is east of Appleton. History Kimberly was originally known as The Cedars (after the Treaty of the Cedars)Herman, Jen ...

, 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 a town in South Africa and a region in Austra ...

(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". Howe ...

(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 ...

, 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 ...

, 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 in Buenos Aires Province. Founded on 6 July 1921, Kimberley is mostly known for its football team, which currently ...

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), several Canadian ice hockey teams

Other uses

* Kimberley Declaration, 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 ...

'', 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 portio ...