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KAPA: 2023 Summer Free Concert Series

Join Kennett Area Park Authority for their Annual Free Summer Concert Series. Kicking off on Wednesday, June 21st at 6:00PM with a very special 30th Birthday Celebration to Anson B. Nixon Park. Read on...
Planning Kennett Connections- Public Comments

After many studies, task force reviews and public meetings, the Planning Kennett Connections draft final report is available! Please submit your comments before June 16, 2023. Read on...
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Township Calendar

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Mon Jun. 5

Zoning Hearing Board: Case 521
Tue Jun. 6

Trails and Sidewalks Committee Meeting
Tue Jun. 6

Planning Commission Work Session
Wed Jun. 7

Board of Supervisor Public Meeting
Sun Jun. 11 - Sun Jun. 18

Juneteenth Celebration of Events

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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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