<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-17-000188.txt : 20170104
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170104095323
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-17-000188
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170104

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000055785
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONVERTED PAPER & PAPERBOARD PRODS (NO CONTAINERS/BOXES) [2670]
		IRS NUMBER:				390394230
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		351 PHELPS DRIVE
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9722811200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 619100
		STREET 2:		DFW AIRPORT STATION
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75261-9100

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Boston J. Scott
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001692159

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00225
		FILM NUMBER:		17503754

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1400 HOLCOMB BRIDGE ROAD
		CITY:			ROSWELL
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30076
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Employee stock option granted under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2011 Equity Participation Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">In general, no option may be exercised until one year after it has been granted; after the end of one year, it may be exercised as to 30 percent or less of the total shares subject to options, after the end of the second year, an additional 30 percent, and after the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>bostonpoa.txt</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Jeffrey S. McFall as attorney-in-fact for J. Scott Boston</signatureName>
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<TEXT>
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas J. Mielke,
Jeffrey P. Melucci, Jeffrey S. McFall, Grant B. McGee and
Robert F. Westover, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for his and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to execute and acknowledge Form 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Rule 144
thereunder, and Forms 3, 4, and 5 pursuant to Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder,
any amendments to such forms, and any and all other documents
(and amendments thereto), including, without limitation, Form ID,
necessary or desirable to facilitate the filing by the undersigned
of Form 144 and forms under Section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act, with respect to securities of Kimberly-Clark Corporation
(the "Company"), and to deliver and file the same with all
 exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection
therewith, to and with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
the national securities exchanges and the Company, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his
substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned agrees that
each of the attorneys-in-fact herein may rely entirely
on information furnished orally or in writing by the
undersigned to such attorney-in-fact.

         The validity of this Power of Attorney shall
not be affected in any manner by reason of the execution,
at any time, of other powers of attorney by the undersigned
in favor of persons other than those named herein.

          This Power of Attorney shall continue in
full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Form 3, Form 4, Form 5 or Form 144 with
regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions
in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked in writing.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand this 12th day of December 2016.

                                 /s/ J. Scott Boston
                                     J. Scott Boston
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