KEIGHLEY

NAME: Keighley COUNTY: Butler ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Hot in Summer, Possible snow in Winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time

COMMENTS: Location .5 mi north of Story Creek Rd and highway 400, or 19.8 miles east of highway 77 in Augusta on highway 400 then north .5 miles to 104th street. The town was located just NE of 104th and Story Creek. REMAINS: Barn (old dancehall), House

Keighley was platted Aug 16, 1880 by Moses Turpin (a minister) and named after the man who invented the "Keeley Cure" (a method of curing "drunkards" ref: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/ephemera/addicton.html)! Submitted by: Mike Abercrombie

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