A posting on a genealogy website asserts that a Rufus Keeton started the town of Keetonville, Oklahoma around the 1890s. Could it be true?
I do not know. I do plan to confirm this information. Rufus Keeton was born as Rufus Keaton on February 22, 1875 in Horse Cave, Kentucky. He either changed his name or someone misspelled his name because he is later known as Rufus Keeton. Rufus Keeton died on November 8, 1958 in Puyallup, Washington.
Rufus Keeton worked on the Union Pacific Railroad. He became a celebrity for winning a strongest man on the railroad competition. He started a small settlement which later became the town of Keetonville. Keetonville still exists but is not much of a town anymore. Parts of it have been absorbed by Catoosa, parts by Claremore, and parts by Owasso.
Hopefully I have stumbled across some accurate historical information about this small town of Keetonville, which I have taken an interest in after writing some short stories that take place there.
Lawrence Roth is Web Developer who owns and maintains 
I just came across your note while doing a search for Rufus Keaton. Rufus Keaton (more commonly known as R. C. Keaton – don’t know what the ‘C’ stands for) was my grandfather. My father, Orville Keaton, shared a few tidbits about my grandfather, but not much. He did tell me that my grandfather founded Keatonville/Keetonville, and that he won the strongman contest while working for the Union Pacific Railroad by lifting a train axle in some manner. The spelling of our last name is an ongoing source of confusion. As I recall, my father told me that my grandfather changed the spelling from Keeton to Keaton for reasons known only to him. However, that does not agree with the birth record noted on your website.
Any more info you have or come across would be much appreciated. I will forward anything I find to you.
Thanks.
Dick Keaton