# Keystone

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/keystone/
- Also known as: Keystone Ranch; Craig's Ranch
- Kind: Post offices and stage stations
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.424, -104.9567 (from a cited description (good to a quarter mile))
- Post office: Keystone, 1869–1872; Keystone Ranch, 1863–1865

- Updated: 2026-10-07

## What we know

Keystone (Ranch) post office, 1863-65 and 1869-72. Bear Cañon 7 miles south, Littleton 14 north, Frankstown 12 east (1869). A mile south of Sedalia. North edge of the study area.

## Where it was

SW1/4 of Sec. 24, T7S R68W, from postmaster John H. Craig's site report of June 3, 1869 (local name 'Craigs Ranch'), half a mile north of Plum Creek and nine miles south of the Platte (NARA M1126, S-0113), via the BLM PLSS survey grid. Good to about a quarter mile.

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

## Sources

- S-0064: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0064
- S-0065: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0065
- S-0066: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0066
- S-0113: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0113
- S-0120: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0120

## Nearby

- [Bear Canyon Agricultural District](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/bear-canyon-agricultural-district/): 0.7 mi northwest
- [Sedalia Grange No. 40](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/sedalia-grange-no-40/): 0.8 mi north
- [Sedalia](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/sedalia/): 0.9 mi north
- [Sunflower Grange No. 162](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/sunflower-grange-no-162/): 0.9 mi north
- [Plum Creek Grange No. 33 (Sedalia)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/plum-creek-grange-no-33-sedalia/): 0.9 mi north
- [Sedalia Rio Grande depot](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/sedalia-rio-grande-depot/): 0.9 mi north

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