Kent is an

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and

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(CDP) in Republican Township, Jefferson County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 70.

History

Kent was

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ted in 1853. It was named for

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, a New York jurist. The Kent post office was discontinued in 1965.

Geography

Kent is located in western Jefferson County at , in the northeast part of Republican Township.

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passes through the community, leading east to

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, the

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, and west to

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. According to the

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, the Kent CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land. The community sits on the east side of Little Creek, a north-flowing tributary of Big Creek, a major northwest-flowing tributary of the

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, which is part of the White River watershed.

Demographics

References

Census-designated places in Jefferson County, Indiana Census-designated places in Indiana {{JeffersonCountyIN-geo-stub