LITTLE MINNESOTA - 43
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This is the 43rd of 100 of the cities described in the book LITTLE MINNESOTA.
Waymark Code: WMEQK0
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2012
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Since 1973, all incorporated towns were declared officially to be ‘cities’ by an act of the Minnesota Legislature. Ever wonder about those ‘little cities’? This series of 100 waymarks will take you to all corners of the great state of Minnesota to visit the 100 smallest of the incorporated cities in the state. All have a great story to tell.
This is the 43rd of 100 of the cities described in the book LITTLE MINNESOTA. Kenneth is a city in the northeast corner of Rock County, one of four Minnesota counties without a natural lake. The city was founded around 1900 due to the rich farmland surrounding the area and in the hopes that it would become a service center and a hub for the area’s agricultural economy. It was named for the son of land agent J.A. Kennicott. Before the end of 1900, three elevators were constructed to handle the corn harvest. It is another of the many cities that were established because of railroad expansion, this time it was the Chicago, Rock island & Pacific Railroad.
Kenneth was incorporated in 1921 and is currently the home to 68 persons. The Kenneth School, constructed in 1901, is on the Minnesota Registry of Historic Places. It is a unique structure with a slide for a fire escape.
This series of waymarks is tuned to getting people to visit these wonderful small communities before they disappear completely. To validate your ‘find’, please post a photo of you with your GPS at the coordinates and please relate a little tidbit about what you learned about the town and its people that is not in this narrative or the book. You can learn more about ‘LITTLE MINNESOTA’ by logging on to (
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