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Welcome to Keel ...

Keel is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Keel is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Keel: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Keel ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Keel - they are located in Alabama and Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Keel.

Communities near Keel ...

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

  • Oxford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Oxford is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,635 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • Ecru
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Ecru is located in Pontotoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ecru <4>
  • Thaxton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Flat
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Myrtle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Potts Camp
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Taylor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Abbeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Toccopola
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Altus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Altus is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Keel ...

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

Adding Keel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Keel post office opened in 1902. The Keel post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lafayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Keel - 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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Keel area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Keel 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/