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Welcome to Keltys ...

Keltys is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Keltys is located in Angelina County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keltys, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Keltys is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Keltys: 936

Communities near Keltys ...

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

  • Nacogdoches
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Hudson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hudson is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
  • Diboll
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Huntington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wells
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Burke
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Herty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Central
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Central is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Peavy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Peavy is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
  • Durant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Keltys ...

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

Adding Keltys to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Keltys 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 Keltys was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keltys.

Footnotes ...

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