RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Texas >> Wheeler County >> KeltonIndex...

Welcome to Kelton ...

Kelton is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Kelton is located in Wheeler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kelton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Kelton is 2,230 feet [680 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Kelton is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Kelton: 806

Communities Also Named Kelton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Kelton - they are located in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia.

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

Communities near Kelton ...

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

  • Shamrock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheeler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Erick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Erick is located in Beckham County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erick <3>
  • Sweetwater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Texola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Texola is located in Beckham County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Texola <3>
  • Twitty
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Twitty is located in Wheeler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twitty
  • Mayfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Allison
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Magic City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Magic City is located in Wheeler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City
  • Zybach ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Zybach is located in Wheeler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zybach

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kelton ...

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

Adding Kelton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kelton post office opened in 1907. The Kelton post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kelton.

Footnotes ...

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