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Coat & Blanket Drive

We will be collecting donations at the Kennett Township Building during normal business hours (8am-4:30pm). You can also donate to the Kennett Fire Company and Longwood Fire Company. Look for bins at these locations now through December 11th. Read on...
Zoning Hearing Board Notice

NOTICE is hereby given that the Kennett Township Zoning Hearing Board will conduct a CONTINUED hybrid public hearing on Monday, Dec 6, 2021, at 7:00 pm in the Public Meeting Room to hear the following application: ZHB 515: KAOLIN RE HOLDING CORPORATION. See full notice here...
Zoom Instructions for Board of Supervisors Meetings

If you need any assistance logging in or calling in to the Board of Supervisors meetings held the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month, please read on! There are detailed instructions plus some other helpful tips: how to mute, submit public comment, etc. Read on...

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Township Calendar

November 2021

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Wed Dec. 1

Board Of Supervisors Public Meeting
Mon Dec. 6

Zoning Hearing Board: 515 Continued
Tue Dec. 7

Trails and Sidewalk Committee Meeting
Wed Dec. 8

Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Dec. 14

Kennett Fire & EMS Regional 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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