Keyneton is a locality in South Australia

South Australia

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. The town is in the Mid Murray Council

Mid Murray Council

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 local government area, 82 kilometres (51 mi) north west of the state capital, Adelaide

Adelaide

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. At the 2006 census

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, Keyneton and the surrounding area had a population of 317.

The town was named after English pastoralist Joseph Keynes (related to the Keynes Family

Keynes family

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), who had settled the area in 1842 and whose descendants still live and farm in the area.