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Kenney’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Kenney. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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Kenney was the first community in the nation to achieve one hundred percent participation in the V-Home campaign. This distinction came in November 1942 and won Kenney national attention. The V-Home was an honor bestowed on those households which adhered to civil protection guidelines, conserved on the use of vital goods, salvaged essential resources, declined to spread rumors or promote racial intolerance, and bought war bonds.

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Kenney, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Kenney is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kenney has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Magill House in Clinton, 7.6 miles away.

Kenney and the nearest listed places

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Magill HouseC. H. Moore HouseMount Pulaski CourthouseTheodore H. O. Mattfeldt HouseRobert Buckles BarnAtlanta Public Library

Closest to Kenney

Magill HouseClinton · Building7.6miC. H. Moore HouseClinton · Building8miMount Pulaski CourthouseMount Pulaski · Building12.2miTheodore H. O. Mattfeldt HouseMount Pulaski · Building12.3miRobert Buckles BarnMount Pulaski · Building12.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Magill House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Kenney?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Kenney’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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