Welcome to Keno ...
So far, we found very little information about Keno. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Keno to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Keno, please Contact Us.
Keno would have been located within present day Marion County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Keno, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Keno is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Keno was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Keno was located: 601 & 769<4>
Communities Also Named Keno ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Keno - they are located in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Ohio, Oregon and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Keno.
Communities near Keno ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Keno.
- Columbia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Columbia is located in Marion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,850 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <5>
- Angie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angie have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angie
- Angie is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angie <5>
- Pinebur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebur
- Pinebur is located in Marion County
- Expose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Goss
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Kokomo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
- Kokomo is located in Marion County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kokomo <5>
- Oak Vale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Bassfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Sumrall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumrall
- Sumrall is located in Lamar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,926 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumrall <5>
- Tilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
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 Keno. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Keno.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Keno. 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 Keno.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Keno. See our Newspapers Page for Keno.
Adding Keno to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Keno in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Keno was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
X2X - From that list, the Keno post office opened in 1884.
We also found Keno on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Keno.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Keno, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Keno - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Keno area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Keno area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |