Keene, Virginia

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Keene is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.<ref name="gnis"/> 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 a passenger pigeon in the wild, by Theodore Roosevelt.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Roosevelt had "the first Camp David", called Pine Knot, here from 1905.

Christ Church Glendower, Plain Dealing, and The Rectory are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris">Template:NRISref</ref>

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church is a historically black church in Keene. In December 1974, the pastor was Rev. Frank Montague.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> The church held a Christmas Bazaar on Saturday December 14 of that year, sponsored by the Keene Birthday Club.<ref name=":0" />

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