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Welcome to Keownville ...

Keownville is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keownville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

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

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

Area Codes for Keownville: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Keownville ...

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

  • New Albany
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ripley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Saltillo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Baldwyn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Guntown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ecru
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Blue Mountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
  • Sherman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Hickory Flat
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Myrtle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Keownville ...

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

Adding Keownville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Keownville post office opened in 1878. The Keownville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keownville.

Footnotes ...

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