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Farming For A Better Future, page 213
P. Montgomery & Sons - Contractor." The grounds have long been abandoned, and in 2017 the main building was demolished. The ball grounds are slated for rehabilitation. 14i Kimo* The enumeration of Kimo in the early 20th century is difficult for a few reasons. It was situated at the junction of several census districts, and those districts changed between 1900 and 1940. It appears that Kimo was enumerated in the Moulton district prior to 1930. Some of the community is in Moulton and (Below) 1936 USGS/TVA Topographic Map of Kimo, Masterson and Caddo, Alabama Quadrangles (Top Right) 1940 Census District Map of Kimo, (National Archives and Records Administration via Ancestry.com) (Bottom Right) 1974 USGS/TVA Topographic Map of Kimo, Masterson and Caddo, Alabama Quadrangles some is in Chalybeate Springs in 1930 and 1940. This concurs with the east side of Moulton and the south side of Chalybeate Springs containing African American residents. In these two census records, there are few households of color recorded in Chalybeate Springs and even fewer landowning farmers. In 1930, there were only 13 African American households of the 106 total Chalybeate Springs households. However, five of the 13 families, or about one-third, owned their farm. Not much had changed by 1940. There were more households, a total of 186, but fewer families of color. Of the 11 households of color, 5 of them owned their farms. Only a few families owned farms in Chalybeate Springs in 1930 and 1940, presumably in the Kimo area. In 1930, Sarah and William Steel, Tilda Truss, James S. Hubbard, and Lem Prueitt owned farms. In 1940, William Steel and James Hubbard still owned their farms alongside Jim Lee, Louis Prueitt, and Ketter Truss. Some of these farms might have been passed on to relatives and stayed in the family. The census records inadvertently reveal that Kimo might have once been counted with Moulton because William and Sarah Steel are enumerated right next to James S. Hubbard in 1920 in the eastern half of the Moulton district. Including these enumerations, William Steel owned his farm before 1920. Similarly, Sarah Steel owned her farm from at least 1910. James S. Hubbard owned a farm from at least 1900 to 1940, the longest known landowner in the Kimo community in the early 20th century. Kimo School* The community of Kimo had a school in the early 20th century. According to the 1936 USGS topographic map, it was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of County Road 231 and 233, north of Old Hillsboro Road leading out of Moulton to the (Below) School Census Card for the Lee Family with Children at Kimo School, 1932 (Lawrence County Archives, Moulton, Alabama) 213 - LAWRENCE - (4741)