Kimberly, Wisconsin
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Kimberly is a village in Outagamie County
Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Outagamie is a county in the northeast region of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its county seat is Appleton. As of the 2009 census estimate, its population was 177,155....

, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

, United States
United States
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. The population was 6,146 at the 2000 census.

History

Kimberly was founded in 1889 and was named after John A. Kimberly, one of the co-founders of what is now the Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. Kimberly-Clark brand name products include "Kleenex" facial tissue, "Kotex" feminine hygiene products, "Cottonelle", Scott and Andrex toilet paper, Wypall utility wipes, "KimWipes"...

 Corporation.

Geography

Kimberly is located at 44°16′N 88°20′W (44.2684, -88.3375).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 2 square miles (5.2 km²), of which 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) (7.39%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 6,146 people, 2,507 households, and 1,677 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 was 3265.9 /sqmi. There were 2,593 housing units at an average density of 1377.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 97.54% White, 0.26% African American, 0.72% Native American, 0.83% Asian, 0.16% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.

There were 2,507 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

 living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.1% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $46,370, and the median income for a family was $54,692. Males had a median income of $40,213 versus $26,581 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the village was $20,933. About 1.5% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

Landmarks and businesses

Kimberly Mill
The Kimberly Mill is located on the Fox River
Fox River (Wisconsin)
The Fox River is a river in eastern and central Wisconsin in the United States. Along the banks is a chain of cities, including Oshkosh, Neenah, Menasha, Appleton, Little Chute, Kimberly, Combined Locks, and Kaukauna. Except for Oshkosh, these cities refer to themselves as the Fox Cities...

. It was built in 1889 by the Kimberly Clark Corporation to make newsprint. Beginning in the 1920s, it started making coated paper
Coated paper
Coated paper is paper which has been coated by a compound to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight, surface gloss, smoothness or reduced ink absorbency. Kaolinite or calcium carbonate are used to coat paper for high quality printing used in packaging industry and in magazines...

. In 1976 it was sold to Repap Corporation. It was in turn sold to Consolidated Papers (1997), Stora Enso
Stora Enso
Stora Enso Oyj is a Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora and Finnish forestry products company Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1998. It is headquartered in Helsinki, and it has approximately 29,000 employees...

 (2000), and NewPage Corp.
NewPage Corporation
NewPage Corporation, based in Miamisburg, Ohio, is a leading producer of coated paper in North America.The company produces coated papers in sheets and rolls with many finishes and weights to offer design flexibility for a wide array of end uses...

 (2007). On July 30, 2008, NewPage announced its plans to close the plant in August 2008 and sever employment by September 30, 2008.

The Kimberly Mill continued to produce fine paper, magazine paper and specialty paper, until the shut down date. New Page has recently shown interest in selling the mill, and it was announced on June 7, 2011 that NewPage has signed a deal to sell the property to AIM Demolition (a metal recycling company) out of Montreal.

Education

The Kimberly Area School District draws students from Kimberly, Combined Locks
Combined Locks, Wisconsin
Combined Locks is a village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,422 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Combined Locks is located at ....

, and parts of Buchanan
Buchanan, Wisconsin
Buchanan is a town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,827 at the 2000 census. The urbanized portions of the towns of Harrison and Buchanan are collectively known locally as Darboy.-Geography:...

 and Harrison (Darboy)
Harrison, Calumet County, Wisconsin
Harrison is a town in Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 10,839 at the 2010 census. Parts of the town of Harrison and town of Buchanan are collectively known locally as Darboy. The unincorporated communities of Harrison and Highland Beach are located in the town...

. Kimberly High School has an enrollment of approximately 1,260. The school's mascot is the paper wasp
Paper wasp
Paper wasps are -long wasps that gather fibers from dead wood and plant stems, which they mix with saliva, and use to construct water-resistant nests made of gray or brown papery material...

, which is nature's papermaker. The "Papermaker" wasp logo was created by Jim Nirschl, a longtime Kimberly High School art teacher, coach and athletic director.

Papermaker athletes compete in the Fox Valley Association
Fox Valley Association
The Fox Valley Association Conference is an athletic conference comprising high schools in northeastern Wisconsin along the Fox Valley. The management of the conference is vested in the principals of the member schools, who determine the rules governing the eligibility of athletes and the schedules...

 athletic conference with nine other Fox Valley schools. A historic rivalry exists between the Papermakers and the neighboring Kaukauna
Kaukauna, Wisconsin
Kaukauna is a city in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, on the Fox River, approximately 100 miles north of Milwaukee, with a population of 12,983. It is a part of the Appleton, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin Combined...

 Ghosts. Kimberly High School's football team has back-to-back WIAA
Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is the regulatory body for all high school sports in Wisconsin. Its history dates to 1895, making it the first high school athletic organization in the country...

Division 2 state titles (2007–2008).

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