McKenney is an incorporated town in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.

The Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad, passing through McKenney from Petersburg, Virginia to Ridgeway Junction (today Norlina, North Carolina), was completed in 1900, at which point it was merged into the Seaboard Air Line (SAL).

[7] This line (dubbed the "S-line" after later mergers) continued to operate until the 1980s and was then abandoned by the CSX Norlina Subdivision.

Montrose, the Sappony Church, and Zehmer Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

According to the United States Census Bureau, McKenney has a total area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the town was 66.21% White, 33.33% African American, 0.23% Asian, and 0.23% from two or more races.