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Welcome to Keenan City ...

Keenan City is located in Bonneville County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keenan City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Keenan City is 6,520 feet [1,987 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Keenan City is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Keenan City lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Keenan City: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Keenan City ...

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

  • Alpine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Alpine is located in Lincoln County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 937 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpine <4>
  • Irwin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Irwin is located in Bonneville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwin <4>
  • Caribou City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Caribou City is located in Bonneville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou City
  • Wayan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Palisades
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Palisades is located in Bonneville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
  • Alpine Northwest
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Alpine Northwest is located in Lincoln County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Northwest
  • Alpine Northeast
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Alpine Northeast is located in Lincoln County (WY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Northeast
  • Freedom
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Freedom is located in Caribou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Etna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Freedom
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Keenan City ...

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

Adding Keenan City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Keenan City post office opened in 1874. The Keenan City post office closed in 1875.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keenan City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Bonneville, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Keenan City - 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Keenan City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Keenan City 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/