Welcome to Keowns ...

Keowns is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keowns, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Keowns is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Keowns: 262

Communities near Keowns ...

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

• Menomonee Falls
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
• West Bend
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • West Bend is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
• Mequon
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
• Germantown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Germantown is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
• Hartford
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Hartford is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
• Glendale
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Glendale is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,775 people
• Brown Deer
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Brown Deer is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,191 people
• Port Washington
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Port Washington is located in Ozaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,066 people
• Cedarburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedarburg is located in Ozaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,783 people
• Grafton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Grafton is located in Ozaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,758 people

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

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

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

Adding Keowns to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Keowns 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 Keowns was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Keowns post office opened in 1897. The Keowns post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keowns.