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Kennett Township Surety Recovery

Kennett Township recovers $1 million from surety bond covering former township manager Lisa Moore... Read on...
Public Works Lead Laborer

Kennett Township is looking for a Public Works Lead Laborer to join the team! 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

August 2020

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Tue Aug. 11

Emergency Services Commission-Public Meeting (held at Pennsbury Township)
Wed Aug. 12

Zoom Planning Commission Meeting (Rescheduled from 8/4/20)
Wed Aug. 12

Safety Committee Meeting
Wed Aug. 19

Board Of Supervisors Public Meeting
Thu Aug. 20

Land Conservation Advisory Committee

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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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