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Welcome to Keyeser ...

Keyeser is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keyeser, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Keyeser is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Keyeser ...

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

  • Madison
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sun Prairie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
  • Middleton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Middleton is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
  • Waunakee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Waunakee is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
  • DeForest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • McFarland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • McFarland is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
  • Monona
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Monona is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
  • Windsor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cottage Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Columbus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

Adding Keyeser to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Keyeser post office opened in 1877. The Keyeser post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keyeser.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Keyeser - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/