Keene Kentucky Map

About Keene, Kentucky

Keene is a locality in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 99. The population density is 310.8 people per km². Keene is located at 37.9434°N, 84.6419°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Keene is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40339.

Keene emerges from the limestone bedrock of the Bluegrass region, where the earth holds a deep, mineral-rich promise beneath its surface. It lies 5.7 miles northwest of Nicholasville, KY (from Nicholasville, KY: bearing 319°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-southwest of Lexington. Cave Spring Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the limestone, its current reflecting the heavy, golden light that settles over the fields as the sun dips toward the horizon. The landscape here is defined by long, rhythmic swells of pastureland, where the soil nurtures the high-protein grasses essential to the thoroughbreds that graze in the distance. To the east, the hazy, blue-tinted silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the far limit of the horizon, a distant reminder of the rugged terrain that separates this gentle basin from the wider world.

Keene maintains a stillness born of long-standing agricultural traditions, where the cycle of the seasons dictates the pace of life more than the ticking of a clock. The local economy remains tethered to the land, rooted in the legacy of livestock and the quiet, industrial hum of distillery country that permeates the surrounding county. Residents find their recreation in the simple expanse of the outdoors, often venturing to Billy Lockridge Park to walk the paths, or spending quiet afternoons by the banks of Sycamore Lake. Though the deeper, more dramatic limestone formations of Jessamine Gorge draw the adventurous further afield, Keene remains content in its own quietude, a place where the history of the soil is written in every fence line and weathered barn.

About This Keene Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Keene, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.943411, -84.641888. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Keene includes the ZIP code (40339), telephone area code (502), county seat of Jessamine County (Nicholasville), and school district assignment (Jessamine County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.