Welcome to McKeever ...

McKeever is located in Herkimer County<1>.

The location of McKeever has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of McKeever, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

McKeever is 1,520 feet [463 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: McKeever lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

McKeever lies within the (315) area code.

Websites for McKeever ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.herkimercountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to McKeever, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named McKeever ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named McKeever - it's located in Michigan.

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

Communities near McKeever ...

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

• Boonville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
  • Boonville is located in Oneida County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,971 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boonville <4>
• Port Leyden
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Leyden
  • Port Leyden is located in Lewis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 646 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Leyden <4>
• Lyons Falls
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Falls
  • Lyons Falls is located in Lewis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons Falls <4>
• Constableville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constableville
  • Constableville is located in Lewis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Constableville <4>
• Turin
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
  • Turin is located in Lewis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turin <4>
• Thendara
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
  • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
• Lyonsdale
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
  • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
• Greig
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greig
  • Greig is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greig <4>
• Collinsville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
  • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
• Glendale
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
  • Glendale is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendale <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McKeever ...

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

Adding McKeever to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McKeever post office opened in 1895.

We also found McKeever on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New York (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for McKeever.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McKeever. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Herkimer County: www.herkimercounty.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/