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Special Board of Supervisors Meeting Monday 12/7

The Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting on Monday, December 7th at 7:00 p.m. See the Notice as advertised in the Daily Local News. Read on...
Press Release: KT Adopts Preliminary Budget with No Real Estate Tax Increase

The Kennett Township Board of Supervisors voted to adopt a preliminary budget with no real estate tax increase for 2021. The balanced budget is available for public inspection on the Township website and is slated for final approval on December 16th. Read on...
Kaolin Road Bridge Reopens

They told us they would be done in February, but they were months ahead of schedule! The Kaolin Road Bridge has officially reopened! Read on...

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Township Calendar

November 2020

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Mon Nov. 23

Zoom Planning Commission Work Session
Tue Nov. 24

Environmental Advisory Comittee (EAC)
Thu Nov. 26

Thanksgiving Day-Township Offices Closed
Fri Nov. 27

Thanksgiving Holiday-Township Offices Closed
Tue Dec. 1

Zoom Trails and Sidewalk Committee 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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