Welcome to Keetley ...

So far, we found very little information about Keetley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Keetley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Keetley, please Contact Us.

Keetley would have been located within present day Wasatch County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keetley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1923. The community was inundated by the Jordanelle Reservoir.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Keetley is 6,070 feet [1,850 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Keetley is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Keetley was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Keetley was located: 435

Going back to its beginning, Keetley was originally named Camp Florence. For more information about the names of Keetley, see The Names of Keetley on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Keetley ...

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

• Heber City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber City
  • Heber City is located in Wasatch County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,574 people
  • Heber City has also been known as:
  • Heber
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber City <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Heber City
  • From Keetley to Heber City
• Park City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Park City is located in Summit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,578 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park City <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Park City
  • From Keetley to Park City
• Midway
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Midway is located in Wasatch County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,465 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midway <4>
• Kamas
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kamas have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamas
  • Kamas is located in Summit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,344 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kamas <4>
• Oakley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
  • Oakley is located in Summit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakley <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Oakley
  • From Keetley to Oakley
• Francis
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Francis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Francis is located in Summit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,611 people
• Coalville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
  • Coalville is located in Summit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,601 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coalville <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Coalville
  • From Keetley to Coalville
• Daniel
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
  • Daniel is located in Wasatch County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Daniel
  • From Keetley to Daniel
• Charleston
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
  • Charleston is located in Wasatch County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
• Wallsburg
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallsburg
  • Wallsburg is located in Wasatch County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
  • Former names for Wallsburg:
  • Little Warm Valley
  • Round Valley
  • Wallsburg Fort
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallsburg <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wallsburg
  • From Keetley to Wallsburg

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

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

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

Adding Keetley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Keetley 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 for Keetley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Keetley post office opened in 1923.

We also found Keetley on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keetley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Wasatch County: www.co.wasatch.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/