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Welcome to Ketona ...

Ketona is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ketona, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

Ketona is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ketona lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ketona: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Ketona ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ketona.

  • Birmingham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hoover
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Vestavia Hills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Bessemer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Homewood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Trussville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mountain Brook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Center Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hueytown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Gardendale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ketona. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ketona.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ketona. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ketona.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ketona. See our Newspapers Page for Ketona.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ketona ...

Looking for more information about Ketona? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ketona, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ketona.

Adding Ketona to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ketona in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ketona was on a map titled Map of Alabama (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ketona.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ketona - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Ketona area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Ketona area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.