About Keystone
Keystone is a small unincorporated community in western Nebraska.
Keystone holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.2 square miles.
📰 Keystone News Today
- Mary Susann Baumgartner Obituary May 3, 2026 Draucker Funeral Home · May 7
- Soap Box Derby racer from Nebraska disqualified, officials say Akron Beacon Journal · Jul 16
- Keystone’s library doesn’t offer a lot of books, but it does offer community Nebraska Public Media · Aug 2
- Gerald Forrest Chandler Obituary Nov 24, 2025 Draucker Funeral Home · Nov 24
- Husker research on turtles featured in Harvest Public Media Nebraska Today · Nov 19
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Keystone Unique
- One of 7 places in the US named Keystone — but the Nebraska one has a character all its own.
- One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.2 sq mi.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in western Nebraska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 10 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Lake McConaughy Visitors Center and Water Interpretive Cente · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Keystone
- Spillway Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateNebraska
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area0.2 sq mi
Coordinates41.2187, -101.5841