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Do you know of Keystone ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Keystone. 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 Keystone.

Our sources for Keystone (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 Keystone other than they indicate that Keystone would be found somewhere in Wright County, Minnesota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1903.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Keystone ...

We found 44 communities that share the name Keystone.

There is one other community in Minnesota which is also named Keystone.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 43 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Minnesota ...
    • Polk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Keystone [Polk County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Shelby County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Keystone [Shelby County].
    • Arkansas
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Keystone [Marion County].
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Keystone [Los Angeles County].
      • Tuolumne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Keystone [Tuolumne County].
    • Colorado
      • Routt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Keystone [Routt County].
      • San Miguel County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Keystone [San Miguel County].
      • Summit County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Keystone [Summit County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Keystone [New Castle County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Keystone [Hillsborough County].
    • Indiana
      • Owen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Keystone [Owen County].
      • Wells County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Keystone [Wells County].
    • Iowa
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Keystone [Benton County].
    • Louisiana
      • Acadia Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Keystone [Acadia Parish].
      • Saint Martin Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Keystone [Saint Martin Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Grand Traverse County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Keystone [Grand Traverse County].
    • Missouri
      • Clinton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Keystone [Clinton County].
      • Reynolds County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Keystone [Reynolds County].
    • Montana
      • Mineral County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Keystone [Mineral County].
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Keystone [Douglas County].
      • Keith County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Keystone [Keith County].
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Keystone [Clark County].
      • Eureka County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Keystone [Eureka County].
      • Nye County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Keystone [Nye County].
      • White Pine County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Keystone [White Pine County].
    • North Dakota
      • Dickey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Keystone [Dickey County].
      • Richland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Keystone [Richland County].
    • Ohio
      • Hocking County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Keystone [Hocking County].
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Keystone [Jackson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Keystone [Tulsa County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Elk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Keystone [Elk County].
      • Luzerne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Keystone [Luzerne County].
      • Perry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Keystone [Perry County].
      • Somerset County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Keystone [Somerset County].
      • Westmoreland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Keystone [Westmoreland County].
    • South Dakota
      • Pennington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Keystone [Pennington County].
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Keystone [Washington County].
    • Washington
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Keystone [Adams County].
      • Island County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Keystone [Island County].
      • Okanogan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Keystone [Okanogan County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Keystone [Marion County].
      • McDowell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Keystone [McDowell County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Keystone [Chippewa County].
    • Wyoming
      • Albany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Keystone [Albany County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Keystone ...

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

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 Keystone - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Wright 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 Wright County.

Albion 
 Ludemann
Chatham 
Cochran's MillsMiddleville
  
Dean LakeRockford Station
  
Granite LakeSaint Michael's Station
  
Hasty StationVictor
Howard 
 Waverly Mills
Kjellberg Park 

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Keystone 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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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