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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Keith (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Keith. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Keith is located in Grimes County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grimes County: Brazos, Madison, Montgomery, Walker, Waller & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Keith. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keith:

  • Grimes County     (The home county of Keith)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.
    • Iola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Roans Prairie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Shiro
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Bedias
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Anderson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Apolonia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Apolonia is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apolonia
    • Richards
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Stoneham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Stoneham is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
    • Plantersville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Brazos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.
    • Kurten
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Millican
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Boonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Boonville is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
    • College Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Wellborn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wixon Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Bryan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Bryan is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <1>
    • Navasota
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Allen Farm
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
    • Tabor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Tabor is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
    • Edge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Edge is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
    • Rye ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Rye is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • Stone City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Stone City is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
  • Burleson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.
    • Clay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Snook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Merle ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Merle is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
    • Tunis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Tunis is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
    • Scofield ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Scofield is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
    • Cooks Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.
    • Normangee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Wealthy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Wealthy is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
    • Hilltop Lakes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.
    • Zulch ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Zulch is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
    • North Zulch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • George
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • George is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
    • Madisonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.
    • Dacus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dacus is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacus
    • Dobbin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Robertson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.
    • Benchley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Benchley is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
    • Wheelock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mumford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Walker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.
    • Wesley Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Wesley Grove is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Grove
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Goshen is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.
    • Washington ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Graball ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Graball is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
    • Independence
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Whitman is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keith, see our County-by-County Page for Keith.

Cemeteries Near Keith ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keith.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Keith - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keith covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lake Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Enon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Stick Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Allen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Kennard Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Peach Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Flock Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (162 more) ...
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Steele Grove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Erwin Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Keith had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Keith, with the one closest to Keith listed first.

  • Iola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Roans Prairie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Harvey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Harvey is located in Brazos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Anderson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bedias
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Millican
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Kurten
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • College Station
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Wellborn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Apolonia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Apolonia is located in Grimes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apolonia
  • Zulch ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Zulch is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
  • Bryan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Bryan is located in Brazos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,165 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <1>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Navasota
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Allen Farm
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
    • Tabor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Tabor is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Keith. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keith.

Newspapers Published in Keith ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keith.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keith, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keith.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Keith:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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 Keith, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keith) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.