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Welcome to Keyton ...

Keyton is located in Coffee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keyton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Keyton is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Keyton (for example, toward Rock Hill (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Keyton: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Keyton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Keyton - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Keyton ...

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

  • Ozark
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Daleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Geneva
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Elba
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Elba is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <4>
  • Hartford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Midland City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Level Plains
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Level Plains is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Plains
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,952 people
  • Slocomb
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Samson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Newton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Newton is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people

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 Keyton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Keyton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Keyton. 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 Keyton.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Keyton ...

Looking for more information about Keyton? 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 Keyton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Keyton.

Adding Keyton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Keyton 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 Keyton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Keyton post office opened in 1892. The Keyton post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keyton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Coffee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Keyton - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Keyton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Keyton 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/