Keeners is an unincorporated community in northern Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] U.S. Route 67 passes approximately 1.5 mile to the southeast. The Missouri Pacific Railway passes the west side of the community along the Black River floodplain.^[2]

The community lies on the northeast bank of the Black River approximately one-quarter mile south of the Butler-Wayne County line. The community of Keener Cave or Keener in adjacent Wayne County lies just to the northwest on the west side of the river.^[2][3]

A post office called Keeners was established in 1879, the name was changed to Kenner in 1890, and the post office closed in 1919.^[4] The community was named after Ephraim B. Keener, a local landowner. The Missouri Pacific Railroad line passed through the community.^[5]