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Welcome to Keith ...

Keith is located in Lincoln County<1>.

Keith is 2,720 feet [829 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Keith is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Keith (for example, toward Paxton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Keith: 308

Communities Also Named Keith ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Keith - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Keith ...

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

  • North Platte
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Brady
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Birdwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Birdwood is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdwood
  • Gothenburg
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Hershey
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Somerset
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Somerset is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
  • Wellfleet
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Gandy
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Gandy is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
  • O'Fallons
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • O'Fallons is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallons
  • Stapleton
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Keith ...

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

Adding Keith to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Keith 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 Keith was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keith.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Keith - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.