Kimmswick, MO

Kimmswick is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 133 residents. Kimmswick was platted in 1859 by Theodore Kimm, who gave the town his last name. A post office called Kimmswick was established in 1858, and remains open. The Kimmswick Apple Butter Festival is an annual Fall celebration and the city's largest event with typically over 100,000 visitors attending. The streets are lined with 500 – 600 food, drink and craft vendors as well as live entertainment throughout the town including bluegrass, country rock, and dulcimer music. A newcomer can read Kimmswick through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Kimmswick comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Kimmswick is next to the Mississippi River. Nearby Imperial was once known as West Kimmswick. Kimmswick includes a historic district.