Do you know of Key Station ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Key Station. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Key Station.<1>

Our sources for Key Station (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Key Station other than they indicate that Key Station would be found somewhere in Johnson County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1903.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Key Station ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Key Station:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Key Station - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Key Station.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 47/39300   (Place Name: Key Station)

County: Johnson     (FIPS State/County: 47/091)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Key Station) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Johnson County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Johnson County.