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How Keystone Heights came to be

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In 1917, the area that would eventually become known as the city of Keystone Heights was a small community known as "Brooklyn" located along present day State Road 100, about one mile north of the present location of Keystone Heights on Lake Brooklyn.

The community consisted of a large unpainted building called the Brooklyn Hotel; a combination general store and post office; and several small houses scattered about. Property developer John J. Lawrence, who hailed from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, noticed the area on a visit to Lake Brooklyn, and instantly became attracted to the region.

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Famous people close to Keystone Heights

Nobody well known was born in Keystone Heights itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Tom PettyAmerican musician · b. 1950

Maya RudolphAmerican actress and comedian · b. 1972

Noah LylesAmerican sprinter · b. 1997

Dustin MoskovitzAmerican computer/Internet entrepreneur · b. 1984

Philip H. DybvigAmerican economist · b. 1955

Robert HoffmanAmerican actor · b. 1985

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