Keene | |
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  Keene Location within the state of Virginia Show map of Virginia Keene Keene (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates:37°51′55″N78°33′19″W / 37.86528°N 78.55528°W /37.86528; -78.55528 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Albemarle |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1477457[1] |
Keene is anunincorporated community inAlbemarle County,Virginia, United States.[1] As of the 1990 census, the town had a total population of 10.
The town is known for being the location of the last sighting of apassenger pigeon in the wild, byTheodore Roosevelt.[2] Roosevelt had "the firstCamp David", calledPine Knot, here from 1905.
Christ Church Glendower,Plain Dealing, andThe Rectory are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.[3]
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church is a historically black church in Keene. In December 1974, the pastor was Rev. Frank Montague.[4] The church held a Christmas Bazaar on Saturday December 14 of that year, sponsored by the Keene Birthday Club.[4]
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