Do you know of Keen ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Keen. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Keen.<1>

Our sources for Keen (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Keen other than they indicate that Keen would be found somewhere in Polk County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1905.

Communities Also Named Keen ...

We found one communities that share the name Keen.

Within Iowa, the name Keen is unique.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Keen in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Pennsylvania
    • Wayne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Keen [Wayne County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Keen ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Keen:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Polk County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Polk County.