Do you know of Keene ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Keene. 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 Keene.<1>
We found mention of Keene as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Adams County, Illinois.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 and closed in 1866.
Communities Also Named Keene ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Keene.
Within Illinois, the name Keene is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Kern County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Keene [Kern County].
- Colorado
- Chaffee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Keene [Chaffee County].
- Weld County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Keene [Weld County].
- Florida
- Kansas
- Wabaunsee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Keene [Wabaunsee County].
- Kentucky
- Jessamine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Keene [Jessamine County].
- Nebraska
- Kearney County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Keene [Kearney County].
- New Hampshire
- Cheshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Keene [Cheshire County].
- New York
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Keene [Essex County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Keene [Jefferson County].
- North Carolina
- Durham County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Keene [Durham County].
- North Dakota
- McKenzie County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Keene [McKenzie County].
- Ohio
- Coshocton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Keene [Coshocton County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Keene.
- Texas
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Keene [Johnson County].
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Keene [Albemarle County].
- Wisconsin
- Portage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Keene [Portage County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Keene ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Keene:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Adams 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 Adams County.
| Antonius | |
| Haselwood | |
| Barnard | Hazen |
| Bauman | Houston |
| Bigneck | |
| Bluff Hall | Keokuk Junction |
| Cliola | Newtown |
| Ellington | Quincy Southeast |
| Elm Grove | |
| Eubanks | Walnut Point |
| Fairweather | York Neck |
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. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Keene could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |