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

We found mention of West Keithsburg as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Louisa County, Iowa.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Keithsburg ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Keithsburg - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for West Keithsburg.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 19/84247   (Place Name: West Keithsburg)

County: Louisa     (FIPS State/County: 19/115)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, West Keithsburg) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Louisa County ...

Can you help?

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 Louisa County.

Big SpringsHope Farm
Black Hawk 
 Ononwa
Clifton 
ConcordPalo Alto
  
ElrickSpring Run
  
FlorenceTwin Oak
Forest Hill 
 Virginia Grove
Harrison 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.