Editing Kennett Township, Pennsylvania

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'''Kennett Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 8,289 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="QF2020"/>

==History==
[[Chandler Mill Bridge]], [[Joseph Gregg House]], [[Hamorton Historic District]], [[Harlan Log House]], [[Old Kennett Meetinghouse]], and the [[Wiley-Cloud House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|15.6|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.04|sqmi}}, or 0.13%, is water. The northwestern part of the township encircles the separate borough of [[Kennett Square, Pennsylvania|Kennett Square]], while the [[census-designated place]] of [[Hamorton, Pennsylvania|Hamorton]] is in the northeastern part of the township.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1930= 1343
|1940= 1767
|1950= 2145
|1960= 3026
|1970= 3394
|1980= 4201
|1990= 4624
|2000= 6451
|2010= 7565
|2020= 8289
|footnote=<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dvrpc.org/data/databull/rdb/db82/appedixa.xls |title=DVRPC > Site Search |access-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-date=April 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409042424/https://www.dvrpc.org/data/databull/rdb/db82/appedixa.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> 2020<ref name="QF2020">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Kennett township, Chester County, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kennetttownshipchestercountypennsylvania/PST045219 |accessdate=October 8, 2021 |website=census.gov}}</ref>
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At the 2020 census, the township was 75.5% non-Hispanic White, 5.7% Black or African American, 0.0% Native American, 2.7% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and 2.2% were two or more races. 14.4% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.<ref name="U.S. Census website">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kennetttownshipchestercountypennsylvania,US/PST045221|access-date=May 16, 2022|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

As of the 2020 [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kennetttownshipchestercountypennsylvania,US/PST045221|access-date=May 16, 2022|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2020, there were 8,289 people, 3,308 households in the township.  The [[population density]] was 493.2 people per square mile.  The racial makeup of the township was 88.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 2.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 14.4% of the population.

The township is home to a large and rapidly growing Hispanic (primarily Mexican) community.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

In the township the population was spread out, with 5.7% under the age of 5, 21.3% under the age of 18, and 24.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  57.1% of the township population is female.<ref name="U.S. Census website"/>

The median income for a household in the township was $118,520, with 6.4% of the township persons in poverty.<ref name="U.S. Census website"/>

==Township Embezzlement Charges==
In April 2019, township manager, Lisa Moore, was fired after allegations of theft and embezzlement came to light. On October 4, 2021, Moore appeared in Chester County Common Pleas Court and admitted she stole $3.249 million from township residents. The township’s once-trusted employee admitted to all that she had violated the trust placed in her. Her judicial presumption of innocence was removed by her guilty plea to five criminal counts, theft by deception, dealing in unlawful proceeds, forgery, tampering with public records and access device fraud. Moore was ordered to repay the full $3.249 million she stole from the township.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kennett.pa.us/DocumentCenter/View/4978/21-KENNETT-TWP-Press-Release--Moore-Guilty-Plea-5-October-2021 |title=Lisa Moore pleads guilty, sentenced to state prison; pays $1.27 million toward restitution |date=May 16, 2022}}</ref> In December 2021, the Township reported they had recovered $1.7 million, which includes a cash settlement of $1.27 million from Moore, $355,000 from the sale of Moore's house, and $83,000 that a recovery team located and seized from Moore's personal account. The Township is still looking to recover $1.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailylocal.com/2021/12/09/kennett-township-still-looking-to-recover-1-5-million-in-embezzling-case/ |title=Kennett Township still looking to recover $1.5 million in embezzling case |date=May 16, 2022}}</ref>

==Transportation==
{{stack|[[File:2022-09-15 12 00 09 View north along U.S. Route 1 (Kennett-Oxford Bypass) from the overpass for southbound Baltimore Pike in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. Route 1 in Pennsylvania|US 1]] northbound in Kennett Township]]}}
As of 2020, there were {{convert|72.85|mi}} of public roads in Kennett Township, of which {{convert|17.04|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|55.81|mi}} were maintained by the township.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/15220.pdf|title=Kennett Township map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 1 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 1]] is the most prominent highway serving Kennett Township. It follows the Kennett-Oxford Bypass and Baltimore Pike on a west-east alignment along the northern edge of the township. [[Pennsylvania Route 41]] follows Gap Newport Pike along a northwest-southeast alignment across the southwestern corner of the township. [[Pennsylvania Route 52]] follows Kennett Pike, Baltimore Pike and Lenape Road along a northwest-southeast alignment across the northeastern part of the township, including a short concurrency with US 1. Finally, [[Pennsylvania Route 82]] follows Creek Road and Union Street along a northwest-southeast alignment through western portions of the township.

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==External links==
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*[http://www.kennett.pa.us/ Kennett Township]

{{Chester County, Pennsylvania}}
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[[Category:Townships in Chester County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]