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Keswick has few businesses, and lacks a [[central business district]]. It is predominantly residential, with a mixture of large farms, estates, middle-income, and low-income housing. Since many of the parcels of land in Keswick are large, it is relatively undeveloped and retains its natural environment, which includes views of the [[Southwest Mountains]]. The drive through Keswick "has often been cited as one of the most scenic in America," writes the ''New York Times.''<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/greathomesanddestinations/24havens.html |first=Stephen |last=Wells |work=New York Times |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=2008-10-24 |accessdate=2009-03-08 |title=Pastoral Landscapes and Upscale Retreats}}</ref> Many of the estates were plantations in the 18th century.<ref name="nyt"/> No major development took place in Keswick until the 1990s, and the development since then has been subject to strict scrutiny by Albemarle County officials.<ref name="nyt"/>
The town includes [http://www.keswick.com/ Keswick Hall], a club and estate which includes a golf course. The town is also home to [http://www.keswickvineyards.com/ Keswick Vineyards], a family owned and operated vineyard and winery. [[Oakland School (Virginia)|Oakland School]], a special [[boarding school|boarding]] and day school for children with [[learning disabilities]], is in Keswick, as is the Little Keswick School, a boarding school for students with social skill and emotional struggles, not to be confused with a treatment center. A [[CSX]] freight rail line runs through the town. The Shackelford family, long prominent in Albemarle and [[Orange County, Virginia|Orange]] counties and in the [[Monticello Association]],<ref>{{cite book |author=Moore, John Hammond |title=Albemarle: Jefferson's County |publisher=University Press of Virginia |isbn=0-8139-0645-8 |quote=In 1939 the Randolphs, Taylors, Keans, Shackelfords, and other descendants [of Thomas Jefferson] formed the Monticello Graveyard Association which began holding annual meetings and continues to administer the graveyard today under the name of the Monticello Association.}}</ref> has a family cemetery in Keswick.<ref>[http://avenue.org/cvga/Albe_cem.html Cemeteries in Albemarle County, avenue.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106130846/http://avenue.org/CVGA/Albe_cem.html |date=2009-01-06 }}</ref>
The postal delivery area by the name of Keswick is larger than Keswick itself, extending to the north nearly to [[Gordonsville, Virginia|Gordonsville]] and to the west to [[Stony Point, Virginia|Stony Point]], encompassing towns too small to have a post office, including [[Cash Corner, Albemarle County, Virginia|Cash Corner]], [[Cismont, Virginia|Cismont]], [[Lindsay, Virginia|Lindsay]], [[Stony Point, Virginia|Stony Point]], [[Boyd Tavern, Virginia|Boyd Tavern]], [[Cobham, Albemarle County, Virginia|Cobham]], [[Whitlock, Virginia|Whitlock]], and [[Rosena, Virginia|Rosena]].
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* [http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.php?CityName=Keswick&state=VA&site=LWX Current NOAA Weather Report for Keswick]
* [http://www.oaklandschool.net Oakland School]
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