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8/17/22 BOS Meeting Location Change

Due to a recent mold outbreak in our Public Meeting Room, we have decided to change locations for the Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Board Meeting to East Marlborough Twp. Meeting Room located at 721 Unionville Road, Kennett Square at 7:00PM Read on...
Household Hazardous Waste Events

Check out this full list of dates and locations for 2022 Southeastern PA Regional Household Hazardous Waste Residential Events. These events are by appointment only so you must preregister. All of the details can be found on the flyer linked here. See the flyer here!

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Township Calendar

August 2022

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Wed Aug. 17

Board of Supervisor Hybrid Public Meeting TEMPORARY NEW LOCATION
Tue Aug. 23

Environmental Advisory Council (EAC)
Thu Sep. 1

Historical Commission
Mon Sep. 5

Township Office Closed - Labor Day
Tue Sep. 6

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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