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Kennett (Township)

Get to know the places and stories around Kennett (Township), with direct links to local government, parks and calendars.

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Kennett Square →
A Borough shaped by a regional mushroom economy, a shared public library, African-American community life and a park authority that crosses municipal lines.
Kennett Square Borough and Kennett Township are separate municipalities; the Township says the Borough formed from it in 1855. Some agricultural and Black community history in this guide began in the Township or spans both places.

A church moved with Kennett’s Black community →
The African Union Church of New Garden began in Kennett Township and later carried its congregation’s history into Kennett Square Borough.

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Municipal park
Anson B. Nixon Park — Kennett Township inventory
The Kennett Township portion of the County GIS inventory for Anson B. Nixon Park. This is one cross-boundary park, owned and operated by the Kennett Area Park Authority; the authority describes the whole park as 110 acres.
Municipal park
Barkingfield Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Kennett Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Municipal recreation site
Pennock Fields
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Kennett Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.