Do you know of Keenville ???

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

Our sources for Keenville (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 Keenville other than they indicate that Keenville would be found somewhere in Wayne County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1906.

Communities Also Named Keenville ...

We found one communities that share the name Keenville.

Within Illinois, the name Keenville is unique.

Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Keenville in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Wisconsin
    • Winnebago County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Keenville [Winnebago County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Keenville ...

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

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

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Wayne 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 Wayne County.