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Welcome to Key Corner ...

Key Corner is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

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

A typical abbreviation for Key Corner: Key Cor. (or less commonly used: Key Crn.)

Key Corner is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Key Corner, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Key Corner: 731

Websites for Key Corner ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.laudcc.com/

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

Communities near Key Corner ...

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

  • Mengelwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
    • Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
  • Dyersburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabeth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
  • Ripley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Ripley is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <3>
  • Newbern
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Halls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Halls is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halls <3>
  • Bruceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bruceville is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
  • Henning
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Maury Junction
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
    • Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
  • Friendship
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Friendship is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 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 Key Corner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Key Corner.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Key Corner ...

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

Adding Key Corner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Key Corner 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 Key Corner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Key Corner post office opened in 1883. The Key Corner post office closed in 1885.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Key Corner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Key Corner - 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.
<4>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/