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Special Board of Supervisors Meeting Thursday 10/29

The Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting this Thursday, October 29th at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. The link can be found in the Calendar Event. The agenda will be available on Wednesday, October 28th. Read on...
Voting Information

Read on for important dates and information for the upcoming General Election on November 3, 2020. Updated on 10/15/2020 Read on...
Trick-or-Treating

See the Township's statement on Trick-or-Treating here. Read on...
Planning Commission Updates

The November Planning Commission Meeting has been rescheduled to Monday 11/2 at 7:00 and there are several Planning Commission Task Force work sessions coming up. Read on...
Bennett's Run Watershed Survey

If you live in the Bennett's Run Watershed, your feedback is needed! Read on...
Kaolin Road Bridge Detour

There will be a detour of Kaolin Road over the West Branch of Red Clay Creek beginning mid July and running through February 2021. Read on to see official announcement and map... Read on...

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Township Calendar

October 2020

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Tue Oct. 27

Zoom Historical Commission Meeting
Tue Oct. 27

Zoom Environmental Advisory Comittee (EAC)
Thu Oct. 29

Zoom Planning Commission Work Session
Thu Oct. 29

SPECIAL Board Of Supervisors Public Meeting via Zoom
Mon Nov. 2

Zoom Planning Commission Meeting

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History of Kennett Township

Kennett Township figured prominently in our nation's military history. During the Revolution, British soldiers and Hessian mercenaries passed through on their way to Chadds Ford.

Learn more about the War of 1812, the Civil War and how these historical events impacted the early days of Kennett Township.

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The Pines/Fussell House

In the years leading up to the Civil War, The Kennett Square area was known as “the hotbed of abolitionism” due to the help many local resident gave to fugitive slaves. These Underground Railroad “stationmasters” provided shelter in their homes, called “stations,” and then secretly moved them along to another station, enroute north or west, to freedom. One of the most prominent of these stationmasters was Dr. Bartholomew Fussell, whose house still stands at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and McFarlan Road in Kennett Township, just outside of the Borough of Kennett Square, minutes from Longwood Gardens.

Some 2000 fugitive slaves passed through Fusssell’s house, “The Pines” and nearly every distinguished abolitionist to come to Kennett Square was entertained there at one time or another. It is one of the most historic of the more than three dozen Underground Railroad house in the Kennett Square area, the largest concentration of URR houses in an 8 mile radius in the country and the “hub of the Underground Railroad.”

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