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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 Nye County<2>.

Keystone was founded in 1912.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Keystone is 6,310 feet [1,923 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Keystone is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Keystone was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Keystone ...

While we believe that this Keystone is located in Nye County, we know of another 3 Nevada communities named Keystone. Those communities are located in the following counties: Clark, Eureka and White Pine County.

Beyond Nevada, 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), North Dakota (2), 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 8 communities that are near Keystone.

  • Lower Town ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lower Town is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town
  • Tybo ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Tybo is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tybo
  • Upper Town ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Upper Town is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Town
  • Warm Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Belmont ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Belmont is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Old Reveille ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Old Reveille is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Reveille
  • Reveille Mill ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Reveille Mill is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reveille Mill
  • Reveille ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Reveille is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reveille

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling 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 1912. The Keystone post office closed in 1927.

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 Nevada's counties, including Nye, 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/