Page Contents for Kennett, Missouri

Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

City Attractions

Government

Chamber of Commerce.

Libraries.

Schools.

Miscellany

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Statistics & Facts

The Missouri state capital is Jefferson City.
The population of Kennett is approximately 12,000 (2001), 10932 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 4,679 (1990), 4377 (2010).
The amount of land area in Kennett is 16.347 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0 sq kilometers.
The distance from Kennett to Washington DC is 761 miles.
The distance to the Missouri state capital is 201 miles. (as the crow flies)
Kennett is positioned 36.23 degrees north of the equator and 90.04 degrees west of the prime meridian.

Location

in the Bootheel of Southeast Missouri, about 100 miles north of Memphis Tennessee and 26 miles west of Interstate 55.
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History & History Related Items

Here is a history page for Kennett. Here is another history page - from the Chamber of Commerce.

The first village at this site was named Chilletecaux named after chief Chilletecaux. Later it was known as Butler. It became known as Kennett in 1851. It incorporated as a city in 1873, named for Luther M. Kennett. He was a former St. Louis mayor.
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Attractions

Bootheel Youth Museum
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Kennett City Government

City of Kennett official city site

Kennett is the county seat of Dunklin County. It became designated as such in 1846.

Kennett Chamber

Kennett Missouri Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 61/1601 First Street
Kennett, Missouri 63857
Phone: 573-888-5828
Fax: 573-888-9802
E-Mail: kencoc@sheltonbbs.com

Kennett Organizations

Kennett Missouri Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 61/1601 First Street
Kennett, Missouri 63857
Phone: 573-888-5828
Fax: 573-888-9802
E-Mail: kencoc@sheltonbbs.com

Kennett Libraries

Dunklin County Library

Kennett Schools

Here is an education page for Kennett. Kennett

Miscellany

The population of Kennett was:
1990 - 10,941
2001 - 12,000