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Keene’ s population
Keene’ s population— which is growing— is about 7,200 people. One early figure, established by the Keene City Council on July 30, 1998, was 5,221, making Keene the third largest city in Johnson County. However, the 2000 Census, as conducted by the U. S. Dept. of Commerce, determined Keene’ s population as 5,003.
The 2010 Census established Keene’ s population at 6,106 residents, which was confirmed by the North Central Texas Council of Governments and“ Texas: Wide Open for Business” on March 3, 2011. That data was updated in 2015 based on housing starts and annexations to put Keene’ s population at an estimated 6,160 people as of Jan. 1, 2015.
The 2020 Census established Keene’ s population at 6,802, the 307th largest city in Texas and the 4,024th largest city in the United States. Keene is currently growing at a rate of 1.75 percent annually and its population has increased by 11.40 percent since the 2020 Census. Spanning
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more than 5 square miles, Keene has a population density of 1,372 people per square mile.
Recent residential housing developments Ashton Homeplace, The Canyons, Sunset Ridge, and Stonehurst have brought or will bring nearly 1,000-plus new homes to Keene.
KEENE’ S GOVERNMENT
Keene is a Home Rule City with a mayor and six City Council members, three from inside city limits( Place 1,2,3) and one from each of the city’ s three wards. Keene operates according to the city charter that was passed by the voters on Nov. 2, 1999, amended Nov. 4, 2014, and amended again Nov. 4, 2025.
The mayor is Lisa Parrish, elected to a twoyear term Nov. 5, 2024. The City Council members are: Ward I— Rob Foster; Ward II— Johnny Shaw; Ward III— Charles“ Chuck” Easley; Place I— Troy Smith; Place II— Mayor Pro-Tem Thomas Gutwa; and Place III— Bob Chapman.
Keene is divided into three geographic wards, consisting of Wards I, II, and III, and three places, consisting of Places 1, 2, and 3. Wards I and III, and Place 2 are elected in odd-numbered years, and Ward II, Places 1 and 3, and the Mayor are elected in even-numbered years.
DID YOU KNOW?
• The Southwestern Adventist University Committee of 100 Cafeteria is the largest vegetarian restaurant in Texas.
• Keene is the only city in Texas in which four school districts exist within the city limits( Alvarado, Cleburne, Joshua and Keene).
• Some residents within the Keene city limits send their children to Joshua or Cleburne public schools and get their mail from the Cleburne postal district.
• The Keene ISD is the third-smallest land mass school district in Texas.
• Keene ISD enrollment, as of March 3, 2025, is 1,120, an all-time record.
• Keene is the highest point in Johnson County. On a clear day from the observation tower at Southwestern’ s Chan Shun Centennial Library, you can see the Fort Worth and Dallas skylines.
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