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Welcome to Keystone ...

So far, we found very little information about Keystone. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Keystone to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Keystone, please Contact Us.


Keystone would have been located within present day Dickey County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keystone, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Keystone is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Keystone was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Keystone was located: 701

Communities Also Named Keystone ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Dakota communities named Keystone: This one is located in Dickey County and the other is located in Richland County.

Beyond North Dakota, there are 44 communities that are also named Keystone - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado (3), Delaware, Florida, Indiana (2), Iowa, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Minnesota (2), Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska (2), Nevada (4), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (5), South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington (3), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Keystone ...

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

  • Winship
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Winship is located in Brown County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
  • Ellendale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • LaMoure
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Edgeley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fullerton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Forbes
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Berlin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Merricourt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Merricourt is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
  • Silverleaf
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
  • Guelph
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Guelph is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph

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

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

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

Adding Keystone to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Keystone 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 (so far) for Keystone was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Keystone post office opened in 1882. The Keystone post office closed in 1886.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keystone.

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 Keystone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Dickey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Keystone - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/