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Kennett Square is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.As of the 2020 U.S. census, Kennett Square had a population of 5,943. [4]Kennett Square is located in the Delaware Valley and considered a suburb of both Philadelphia, the nation's sixth largest city as of 2020, and Wilmington, Delaware.
The Kennett Square Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]
The Pennsylvania guide noted in 1940 that "Longwood received its present name from 'Long Woods,' as the section was known before the Civil War, when black slaves fleeing from the South found shelter in this station on the Underground Railroad, which was supported by Quakers of Kennett Square, Hamorton, and Wilmington, Delaware." [7]
The Kennett Monthly Meeting house known as Old Kennett was first constructed in 1710 on land owned by Ezekiel Harlan, deeded from William Penn.Kennett and Marlboro Townships were being colonized by farming Quaker families who joined with members of New Castle Meeting, Hockessin Meeting and Centre Meeting (near Centerville Delaware) every four to six weeks for business meetings at Newark (New ...
Bartholomew Fussell (1794–1871) was an American abolitionist who participated in the Underground Railroad by providing refuge for fugitive slaves at his safe house in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and other locations in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He aided an estimated 2000 slaves in escaping from bondage.
Pennsylvania Route 896 at Strickersville: London Britain Township: 63: Marlborough Village Historic District: Marlborough Village Historic District: March 8, 1995 : 354–418 Marlborough Road and 901 and 940 Marlborough Springs Road, near Kennett Square
As of 2020, there were 72.85 miles (117.24 km) of public roads in Kennett Township, of which 17.04 miles (27.42 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 55.81 miles (89.82 km) were maintained by the township. [9] U.S. Route 1 is the most prominent highway serving Kennett Township. It follows the Kennett ...
Cedarcroft, also known as Bayard Taylor House, is a historic house on Gatehouse Drive in Chester County, Pennsylvania near Kennett Square. It was built in 1859 for writer Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), and is a good local example of Italianate architecture. It remained Taylor's home until 1874, and is where he wrote some of his well-known works.