Welcome to Keith ...

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

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

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Keith would have been located within present day Forest County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keith, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Keith is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Keith was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Keith was located: 715 & 534<4>

Communities Also Named Keith ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Keith - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Keith ...

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

• Crandon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Crandon is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
• Mole Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mole Lake is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
• Jennings
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jennings is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
• Laona
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Laona is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
• Padus
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Padus is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padus
• Post Lake
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Post Lake is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
• Freeman
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Freeman is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
• Atkins
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Atkins is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
• Lily
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Lily is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
• Pelican Lake
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake

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

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

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

Adding Keith to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Keith in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Keith was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Keith post office opened in 1924. The Keith post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keith.