Kennett Square
Kennett Square | ||
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![]() Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square |
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Location in Pennsylvania | ||
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1682 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Pennsylvania | |
County : | Chester County | |
Coordinates : | 39 ° 51 ′ N , 75 ° 43 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 6,072 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 2,200 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 2.78 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.76 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 100 m | |
Postal code : | 19348 | |
Area code : | +1 610 or 484 | |
FIPS : | 42-39352 | |
Website : | www.kennett-square.pa.us |
Kennett Square is a self-governing city in Chester County , Pennsylvania . At the United States Census 2010 it had 6,072 inhabitants. Kennett Square is known as the mushroom capital of the world as the region produces over a million pounds of edible mushrooms every day .
history
The area of today's Kennett Square was originally settled by the Lenni Lenape . The place was originally called Kennet Square, Kennet for England and Square for one square mile according to a land grant by William Penn .
Kennett Square is near Delaware and Maryland , both of which were slave states before the Civil War . The city became part of the Underground Railroad due to its favorable location and a large proportion of Quakers who opposed slavery .
In 1885 two carnation growers came up with the idea of growing mushrooms in unused spaces below their greenhouses and imported spores from Europe. The farmers hired Italian immigrants as workers, who over time set up their own farms. There were about a hundred mushroom farms in the 1950s. As a result of mergers, there are still 60 farms in the 2010s, which are growing half of US mushroom production.
Attractions
- Longwood Gardens , botanical garden
Personalities
- Marino Auriti (1891–1980), Italian-American self-taught artist
- Herb Pennock (1894-1948) American baseball player
- Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), American travel writer, diplomat, and poet
gallery
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Route through Kennett. In: kennettundergroundrr.org. Accessed November 26, 2018 .
- ^ How A Sleepy Pennsylvania Town Grew Into America's Mushroom Capital. In: NPR. October 11, 2012, accessed November 26, 2018 .