Keystone, Indiana

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community and Census-designated place

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|subdivision_name2 = Wells

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|subdivision_name3 = Chester

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 46759

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|blank_info = 18-39654{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}

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Keystone is an unincorporated community in Chester Township, Wells County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

A large share of the early settlers being natives of Pennsylvania caused the name of Keystone to be selected, after the Keystone State.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n173 174]}}

The post office at Keystone has been in operation since 1871.

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau delineated Keystone as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.{{Cite web|title=2022 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2022/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}

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