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Welcome to Keeners ...

Keeners is located in Butler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keeners, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Keeners is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Keeners lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Keeners: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Keeners ...

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

  • Poplar Bluff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Piedmont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Puxico
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Greenville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ellsinore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Fisk
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Grandin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Grandin is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
  • Mill Spring
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Spring
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Dees Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dees Town is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dees Town

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Keeners. See our Newspapers Page for Keeners.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Keeners ...

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

Adding Keeners to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Keeners post office opened in 1879. The Keeners post office closed in 1890.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keeners.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Butler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Keeners - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Keeners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Keeners 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/