Region: Prairies and Lakes
This community was originally settled in 1852, when the railroad reached the
area northeast of Cleburne in central Johnson County. It was initially known as
Elm Grove, but the post office that opened here in 1894 was called Keene. That
same year, the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists opened a school here
to train ministers, and the assembly hall was built on the campus of
Southwestern Union College. The school grew to become Southwestern Adventist
University.
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