Map of Keokee CDP

Keokee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Virginia, United States. The population was 416 at the 2010 census.

Keokee CDP overview:
Name:	Keokee CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Virginia
County:	Lee County
Elevation:	2,080 ft (634 m)
Total Area:	4.81 sq mi (12.46 km²)
Land Area:	4.71 sq mi (12.20 km²)
Water Area:	0.10 sq mi (0.26 km²)
Total Population:	416
Population Density:	88/sq mi (34.1/km²)
ZIP code:	24265
Area code:	276
FIPS code:	5142104
GNISfeature ID:	1495785

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History

The Keokee post office was established in 1906.

Keokee Store No. 1 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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Geography

Keokee is located in the northeast corner of Lee County at 36°51′24″N 82°54′28″W / 36.85667°N 82.90778°W / 36.85667; -82.90778 (36.856575, −82.907861). The CDP includes the neighboring unincorporated communities of Darnell Town and Rawhide. It is bordered to the north by the state of Kentucky; the state boundary follows the 3,000-foot-high (910 m) crest of Little Black Mountain.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12.5 km), of which 4.7 square miles (12.2 km) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km), or 2.07%, are water. The area drains south toward the North Fork of the Powell River, part of the Tennessee River watershed.

Keokee is 15 miles (24 km) by road northeast of Pennington Gap, the largest town in Lee County, and 13 miles (21 km) west of Big Stone Gap. Virginia Secondary Route 624 leads north to the Kentucky border at the top of Little Black Mountain, where it becomes Kentucky Route 38, which leads west down the Clover Fork of the Cumberland River valley to Harlan, Kentucky, 31 miles (50 km) from Keokee.