Exhibit 99.1


                          PRESS RELEASE


              FIRST KEYSTONE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
                INCREASED FOURTH QUARTER DIVIDEND

Berwick, Pennsylvania - December 1, 2010 - First Keystone
Corporation (OTC BB: FKYS), parent company of First Keystone
Community Bank, declared a $.24 per share quarterly cash dividend
to shareholders of record as of December 14, 2010, payable
December 31, 2010.  This represents a 4.35% increase over the
$.23 per share dividend paid in the third quarter of 2010.

With this fourth quarter dividend, total cash dividends per share
will amount to $.93 as of December 31, 2010, up from $.92 for the
four quarters ending December 31, 2009, an increase of 1.09%.

First Keystone Community Bank, an independently owned community
bank since 1864, presently operates 15 full service offices in
Columbia (5), Luzerne (5), Montour (1) and Monroe (4) Counties
providing banking and trust services.

Inquiries regarding the purchase of the company's stock may be
made through the following brokers:  RBC Dain Rauscher,
800.223.4207; Janney Montgomery Scott, Inc., 800.526.6397;
Boenning & Scattergood, Inc., 800.883.8383; and Stifel Nicolaus &
Co. Inc., 800.223.6807.

Note:  This press release may contain forward looking statements
as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.  Actual results and trends could differ materially from
those set forth in such statements due to various factors.  These
factors include operating, legal and regulatory risks; changing
economic and competitive conditions and other risks and
uncertainties.

For more information on First Keystone Community Bank or its
parent company, First Keystone Corporation, please contact
Matthew P. Prosseda at 570.752.3671, extension 1116.




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