Do you know of Keown ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Keown. 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 Keown.<1>

Our sources for Keown (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 Keown other than they indicate that Keown would be found somewhere in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1896 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Keown ...

We found one communities that share the name Keown.

Within Iowa, the name Keown is unique.

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

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

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Keown ...

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

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  Pottawattamie 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 Pottawattamie County.