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Kennett
is a friendly rural community
that embraces traditional family
values, provides excellent education
opportunities and offers the perfect
setting for family living.
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- Kennett is located in Southeast
Missouri’s Bootheel on U.S.
412. At the gateway to Mid-America
—Kennett, MO is easily within
a day’s drive of 77% of
the country’s major markets.
Education
- Multiple educational opportunities
abound through AAA public schools,
vocational education, a school
of nursing which includes an LPN
to RN bridge program, and regional
college campuses for Southeast
Missouri State and Three Rivers
Community College.
Climate
- The Bootheel has the highest
average temperature and precipitation
in Missouri. Temperatures average
60° in spring, 79° in
summer, 60° in fall, and 34°
in winter. Precipitation averages
51 inches annually.
History
- From an early Indian village
to timber fields and fertile farmland,
Kennett is state's largest cotton,
watermelon and cantaloupe producer,
contains the largest drainage
system in the US Drainage District,
and is hometown to 3-time Pulitzer
Prize winner Sally Stapleton and
11-time Grammy award winner Sheryl
Crow.
Things
to do - Whether tasting BBQ,
clothes shopping, catching a concert
in the park or a show at SEMO
Little Theater, selecting produce
at the Farmer's Market, antiquing,
fishing, hunting or wildlife viewing
Kennett and Dunklin County offer
a wide variety of venues. |
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Kennett Chamber
of Commerce
P.O. Box 61 • 1601 First Street
Kennett, MO 63857 |
866.848.5828 • 573.888.5828
Fax: 573.888.9802
Email: info@kennettmo.com |
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Photography Compliments of Charles Jolliff, Kennett, MO. |
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