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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
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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.