Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

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Kennett Square is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Kennett Square had a population of 5,943. Kennett Square is located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, and is considered a suburb of both Philadelphia, the nation's sixth largest city as of 2020, and Wilmington, Delaware. The local high school is Kennett High School. The former corporate headquarters of Genesis HealthCare, which administers elderly care facilities, is based in Kennett Square inside the Walker Building and Franklin Center. The borough is sometimes referred to as the "Mushroom Capital of the World" because mushroom farming in the region produces over 500 million pounds of mushrooms a year, representing half of the nation's mushroom crop production. To celebrate this heritage, Kennett Square holds an annual Mushroom Festival, where the town and its businesses hold a parade, gives mushroom farm tours, and sells food and other goods. Kennett Square is 3 miles away from...

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