Kenney, Texas
Unincorporated community in Austin County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Kenney
Kenney (also Kinney) is an unincorporated community in northern Austin County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 200 in 2000. It is located within the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
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How Kenney is governed
Kenney appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Austin County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Kenney does have local officials.
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Residents of Kenney
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Mayor
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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Police Chief
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Streets, water, sewer, and city buildings.
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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City Council
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City Clerk
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Keeps the official records, runs meeting agendas and, often, local elections.
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City Attorney
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Presides over the municipal court.
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History
The area around Kenney was first settled in the 1820s, with German immigrants arriving from the 1830s through 1900, but the community itself was not started until 1880, when a station on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway between Brenham and Bellville and a post office was established. The community was originally named Thompson for its first postmaster, JE Thompson. After four years under that name, the community was renamed Kenneyville in 1884, in honor of evangelist John Wesley Kenney; the name was shortened to Kenney in 1892. The community thrived in 1885 with a steam-powered gristmill and cotton gin, three churches, several businesses, and 150 residents. Its population shrank to 75 in 1890. The community's first hotel was established by William Schill and a general store was managed by John Chernosky. Its population rose to 202 in 1904. The American Red Cross organized a chapter here in 1917 and included 76 black residents on its 178-member roster. It lost two people in 1936, but had 12 businesses in operation. It had a church in the late 1980s. Its population remained at 200 from 1990 through 2000.
Although Kenney is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 77452.
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