Kennard

A store was established at the point now known as Kennard Station, in 1854, by Pennock & McCardney. The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, passed through the place in the fail of 1862.

In 1867, the United Brethren Society erected a church, and, in 1868, the Methodists built a small chapel near by. The first preacher, in the former denomination, was Rev. Silas Casteline; the first in the latter, Rev. J. W. Blasdell. The congregations are both small. On March 10th, 1864, William C. Keene, was commissioned the first postmaster at the station, and still retains the office. The Patrons of Husbandry established a Grange in Kennard, in 1875, which is in a prosperous condition. The station derived its name from a contractor in the building of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad.  

History of Mercer County, 1877, page 83

Landowners in and 

around Kennard in 1873

William F. McAdoo

R. R. Roberts

E. Beck

C. H. Barbour

John Dumars

Donald Lewis

L. Rhodes

Combined Atlas of Mercer County, 1873

View landowners map of Kennard from the 1873 Atlas