Welcome to Key West ...

So far, we found very little information about Key West. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Key West to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Key West - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Key West, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Key West , we believe that it would have been located within present day Coffey County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Key West, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

When the people of Key West referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Key Wester<3>

Time Zone: The area where Key West was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Key West ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Key West - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Key West.

Adding Key West to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Key West was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Key West post office opened in 1877.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Key West.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Coffey County: www.coffeycountyks.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Key West, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Coffey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Key West refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Key West may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/