# Kellytown

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/kellytown/
- Also known as: Kelly's ranch; Gann; Keystone Ranch
- Kind: Other sites
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.4804, -104.9955 (from a cited description (good to a few hundred feet))

- Updated: 2026-10-17

## What we know

Jonathan P. Kelly claimed the land in 1860 and, after service in the Colorado Home Guards, ran a grain mill and hauled wood to Denver; the ranch was a Territorial Road stage station in the 1860s. His son William tried to build a townsite as Louviers grew; it never took off but served as a shipping point for Du Pont (county map, citing Appleby, S-0123).

## Where it was

On the fringe of the Divide outline (3.1 miles outside its edge), included as a fringe place. Point in the 2011 KML of the county's Historic Resource Map (Settlement folder; S-0123). Good to a few hundred feet as a pin.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

## Sources

- S-0123: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0123

## Nearby

- [Louviers depot (Toluca)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/louviers-depot-toluca/): 0.1 mi west
- [Gann School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/gann-school/): 0.2 mi southeast
- [Keystone post office (1871-72)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/keystone-post-office-1871-72/): 0.4 mi east
- [Louviers](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/louviers/): 0.6 mi west
- [Louviers Community Church](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/louviers-community-church/): 0.7 mi west
- [Louviers Village Club](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/louviers-village-club/): 0.7 mi southwest

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.