Keene, New Hampshire

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Keene
Nickname : Elm City
Downtown Keene 5.JPG
Location in New Hampshire
Keene, New Hampshire
Keene
Keene
Basic data
Foundation : 1736
State : United States
State : New Hampshire
County : Cheshire County
Coordinates : 42 ° 57 ′  N , 72 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 57 ′  N , 72 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 23,409 (as of 2010)
Population density : 242.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 97.1 km 2  (approx. 37 mi 2 ) of
which 96.5 km 2  (approx. 37 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 147 m
Postcodes : 03431, 03435
Area code : +1 603
FIPS : 33-39300
GNIS ID : 00873635
Website : www.ci.keene.nh.us
Mayor : Philip Dale Pregent

Keene is a city ( City ) in New Hampshire in the United States and the administrative seat of Cheshire County with 23,409 inhabitants (2010 census).

geography

Keene has an area of ​​97.1 km², of which 0.6 km² (0.67%) is water and 96.5 km² is land. The highest point in the urban area is Grays Hill (423 m) in the northwestern urban area. Most of Keene is in the basin of the Ashuelot River , which flows into the Connecticut River , but a small portion of the northwestern metropolitan area is also in its direct basin.

Neighboring communities

All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

Town twinning

  • GermanyGermany Einbeck , Germany since 2002

climate

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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: www.weatherbase.com
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Keene, New Hampshire
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -0.7 1.8 6.7 14.3 20.9 25.5 28.1 27.2 22.9 15.9 8.8 2.1 O 14.5
Min. Temperature (° C) -12.6 -11.3 -6.6 -0.2 5.5 11.0 13.7 12.9 8.4 1.7 -2.7 -8.4 O 1
Precipitation ( mm ) 76.2 68.6 83.8 86.4 99.1 99.1 109.2 96.5 96.5 111.8 96.5 83.8 Σ 1,107.5
Rainy days ( d ) 11 10 11 11 12 11 11 11 9 9 13 12 Σ 131
Humidity ( % ) 64.2 60.3 62.1 59.6 65.7 69.5 72.3 74.4 75.5 71.3 69.4 70.0 O 67.9
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The mean mean temperature in Keene is between -6.6 ° C in January and 20.8 ° C in July; the mean annual temperature is 7.8 ° C. This means that the average temperature of Keenes is about one degree above the average temperature of New Hampshire. The snowfall between October and April is around 42 cm in January as a peak value about as high as the average snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

The settlement Keene existed since 1736. 1753 was it as Town registered and has since 1874 the status of a City .

Population development

Census Results - City of Keene, New Hampshire
year 1767 1773 1775 1783 1786 1790
Residents 430 645 756 1093 1122 1314
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents 1645 1646 1895 2374 2610 3392 4320 5971 6784 7446
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 9165 10,068 11.210 13,794 13,832 15,638 17,562 20,467 21,449 22,430
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 22,563 23,409

Keene in the movie

Much of the 1995 film Jumanji was shot in Keene. In the film, the city has the fictional name Brantford . This city is also included in the film "Shooter".

education

The largest educational institution in Keene is Keene State College with more than 5000 students. Since this corresponds to around a quarter of the population of Keenes, the city is referred to as a smaller university town. The private institution Antioch University New England is also located in Keene. The Keene High School as well as some elementary and middle schools are added as public institutions. Therefore, Keene is considered to be a primate city in Cheshire County.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

  • John Dickson (1783–1852), politician and New York State representative in the US House of Representatives
  • Joseph Buffum (1784–1874), politician and representative of the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives
  • Thomas M. Edwards (1795–1875), politician and representative of the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives
  • Samuel Dinsmoor junior (1799–1869), politician and governor of the state of New Hampshire
  • Francis B. Brewer (1820–1892), politician and representative of the State of New York in the US House of Representatives
  • Samuel S. Montague (1830–1883), railway engineer
  • George E. Adams (1840–1917), politician and representative of the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives
  • William H. Parker (1847–1908), politician and representative of the state of South Dakota in the US House of Representatives
  • George H. Bridgman (1853–1925), physician and diplomat
  • Robert Aliber (* 1930), economist
  • John Morton (born 1946), biathlete
  • Alan G. Lafley (born 1947), manager
  • Raymond Buckley (born 1959), politician and MP in the New Hampshire House of Representatives
  • Heather Wilson (* 1960), politician and representative of the state of New Mexico in the US House of Representatives

Personalities who have worked on site

  • James Wilson (1766–1839), politician and representative of the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives; Lawyer in Keene
  • Samuel Dinsmoor (1766–1835), member of the US Congress; was then President of Ashuelot Bank in Keene
  • Clarence DeMar (1888–1958), track and field athlete and participant in the 1924 Olympic Games

literature

  • John Farmer & Jacob B. Moore: A Gazetteer of the state of New-Hampshire . Concord 1823, p. 166 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Keene, New Hampshire  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
  2. ↑ List of town twinning on the homepage of the town of Einbeck
  3. ↑ Climate, school and media data at www.City-Data.com (English)
  4. ^ Population prior to 1790 by local census ( from the New Hampshire state website ), 1790-2010 by US census results