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Welcome to Keeter ...

Keeter is located

Keeter is located in Wise County<1>.

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

Keeter is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Keeter: 940

Communities Also Named Keeter ...

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

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

Communities near Keeter ...

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

  • Saginaw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Azle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Azle is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,607 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Azle <3>
  • Decatur
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Bridgeport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Willow Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Lake Worth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Justin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Reno
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Reno is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,473 people
  • Springtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Haslet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Keeter ...

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

Adding Keeter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Keeter 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 (so far) for Keeter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Keeter post office opened in 1883. The Keeter post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keeter.

Footnotes ...

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