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Kennett is a city in and the county seat of Dunklin County, Missouri, United States. The city is located in the southeast corner (or "Bootheel") of Missouri, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Arkansas and 20 miles (32 km) from the Mississippi River. It had a population of 10,515 at the 2020 census. Kennett is the largest city in the Bootheel, a mostly ...
The Kennett City Hall and Masonic Lodge, is a historic building located at Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri, USA.It has also been known as the Dunklin County Museum.As originally constructed in 1903, the first floor was used exclusively as Kennett's City Hall and the second floor was occupied by several local Masonic organizations.
The land comprising Dunklin County was previously inhabited by the Delaware Tribe of Indians, who had lived in the area since the early 1800s. [3] The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, [4] and named in honor of Daniel Dunklin, [5] a Governor of Missouri who died the year before the county was organized.
A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village [1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999. [2] There is more flexibility in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class.
Topographic map of the bootheel and surrounding areas of Missouri and neighboring states.. The Missouri Bootheel is a salient (protrusion) located in the southeasternmost part of the U.S. state of Missouri, extending south of 36°30′ north latitude, so called because its shape in relation to the rest of the state resembles the heel of a boot.
White Oak is an unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri, United States. [2] It is located on Route 25, approximately five miles north of Kennett. A post office called White Oak was established in 1891, and the name was changed to Whiteoak in 1895. [3] The community was named for a grove of white oak trees near the original town ...
Cedar Creek (Missouri River tributary) Cedar Creek (Sac River tributary) Chariton River (280 miles (450 km)) Cherry Valley Creek; Clear Creek; Coldwater Creek (Missouri river tributary) Coldwater Creek (South Grand River tributary) Coldwater Creek (Saline Creek tributary) Courtois Creek; Crane Creek; Crockett Creek; Crooked Creek; Crooked River ...
The road continues through the main commercial areas of Kennett, and it transitions from a two-lane road to a four-lane road. [3] Route 84 becomes concurrent with US 412 on the eastern side of the city, and it intersects Airport Road, [1] the entrance to the Kennett Memorial Airport, soon after. East of Airport Road, Route 84 and US 412 ...