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Keene
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city in New Hampshire, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Hampshire
- County
- Cheshire
- Incorporated
- 1753 (town)
- Named after
- Benjamin Keene
- Mayor
- Jay Kahn
- Total
- 37.35 sq mi (96.74 km )
- Land
- 37.09 sq mi (96.07 km )
- Water
- 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km )
- Elevation
- 479 ft (146 m)
- Density
- 621/sq mi (239.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 03431, 03435
- Website
- keenenh .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Keene
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Cheshire County
- Continent
- North America
- Population
- 23047
- Area
- 97.127524
- Elevation
- 148
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Cheshire County
- Official website
- www.ci.keene.nh.us
- Image
- Downtown Keene 5.JPG
- Households
- 9239
- Dialing code
- 603
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- twinned administrative body
- Einbeck
- Commons category
- Keene, New Hampshire
- topic's main category
- Category:Keene, New Hampshire
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Keene, New Hampshire
- inception
- 1736-00-00
- postal code
- 03435
- P8168
- Pahlen
- water as percent of area
- 0.6739
- per capita income
- 32179
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Keene is a city in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. Its population was 23,047 at the 2020 census, down from 23,409 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat and the only city in the county.
Keene is home to Keene State College and Antioch University New England. It hosted the state's annual pumpkin festival from 1991 to 2014, several times setting a world record for most jack-o'-lanterns on display.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Keene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.