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Welcome to Keefton ...

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

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

Keefton would have been located within present day Clark County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keefton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Keefton is 1,530 feet [466 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Keefton was located: 605

Communities Also Named Keefton ...

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

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

Communities near Keefton ...

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

  • Success ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Success is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
  • Clark
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Willow Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Doland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Elrod
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elrod is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
    • Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
  • Osceola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Osceola is located in Kingsbury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Estimated population in 2014: 90 people
  • Raymond
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Naples
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Naples is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Vienna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Pitrodie ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Pitrodie is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitrodie
    • Estimated population in 2014: 25 people

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

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

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

Adding Keefton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Keefton post office opened in 1883. The Keefton post office closed in 1884.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keefton.

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 Keefton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Keefton - 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/