Keith

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Keith

Total population

4,550

Coordinates57.54°, -2.95°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Keith is a market town in the Moray council area in north east Scotland. historically in Banffshire, a name which persists in common usage and historical references, It lies on the River Isla, approximately 110 miles north of Edinburgh, 126 miles northeast of Glasgow, and 15 miles southeast of Elgin. It had a population of 4,572 in 2022.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw

British peer (born 1942)

Colin Hendry

Scottish association football player and manager

James Ferguson

Scottish astronomer (1710-1776)

Brian Adam

Scottish politician (1948-2013)

James Abercrombie

British Army general (1706-1781)

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Bernard Stuart

Scottish Benedictine monk, architect, mathematician and clockmaker in Salzburg, Austria (1706-1755)

John Ogilvie

Scottish Jesuit saint and martyr

Pye Hastings

British musician

James Gordon Bennett Sr.

American publisher (1795-1872)

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David Petrie

Director General of MI5 (1879–1961)

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Alexander Black

Scottish Surveyor General of Victoria (1827–1897)

Colin Fraser Barron

Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1893-1958)

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George Alexander

Canadian politician

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George Alexander Currie

agricultural scientist, university professor and administrator (1896-1984)

George Hunter

Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand (1788-1843)

George Maclean

British colonial governor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Scotland

• Torry
  6.6 mi away
• Arradoul
  7.6 mi away
• Dipple
  8.2 mi away
• Edinville
  12.1 mi away
• Bridgend
  15 mi away
• Ballindalloch
  17.9 mi away
• Drumin
  19.9 mi away · pop. 20
• Tomnavoulin
  20.4 mi away
• Cummingston
  21.7 mi away
• Ballantruan
  23.6 mi away · pop. 10
• Findhorn Ecovillage
  24.8 mi away
• Baillieward
  27.7 mi away

Browse all places in Scotland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Keith

Thomas Keith's Scotland

John Hannavy · 1981

By Foot, Peddle, or Paddle

Polly Keith Scotland · 2012

Keith Brockie's wildlife sketchbook

Keith Brockie · 1981

The Scotland Yard files

Paul Begg · 1992

The ball and the cross

Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1909

Noble society in Scotland

Brown, Keith M. Glenfiddich Fellow, Univ. of St. Andrews. · 2000

Commercial relations of England and Scotland, 1603-1707

Theodora Keith · 1910

The official encyclopedia of Scotland Yard

Martin Fido · 1999

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

rough goose neck moss

Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus

Seen 2026-09-17

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-17

deer fern

Struthiopteris spicant

Seen 2026-09-17

Norway spruce

Picea abies

Seen 2026-09-17

common bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Seen 2026-09-17

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-09-17

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

Fuligo septica

Seen 2026-09-17

Hawthorn Shield Bug

Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Seen 2026-09-16

Coral Spot

Nectria cinnabarina

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers