Kennard, Ohio

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}}

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Kennard is an unincorporated community in eastern Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio, United States.{{gnis|1064924|Kennard}} It lies at the intersection of Gray and Kennard Roads, less than 2 miles (about 3 km) southwest of State Route 245. The headwaters of Kings Creek, a tributary of the Mad River, flow past Kennard. It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the city of Urbana, the county seat of Champaign County.DeLorme, Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer, 7th ed., Yarmouth, Maine, 2004, p. 56 {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}

Kennard was laid out and platted as "Kent" in 1863 when the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad was extended to that point.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdQyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA192 | title=History of Champaign County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions, Volume 1 | publisher=B.F. Bowen | author=Middleton, Evan P. | year=1917 | pages=192}} A post office was established at Kennard in 1865, and remained in operation until 1905.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Champaign | title=Champaign County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=21 December 2015}}