Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Kenyon, MN

Kenyon, in southwestern Goodhue County on the North Fork of the Zumbro River, was founded in 1856 and named in honor of Kenyon College in Ohio.

The 2020 census counted 1,894 residents in 810 households in Kenyon — the largest population in the city's history, up from 666 in 1890 and 1,661 in 2000.

Kenyon's motto is 'Boulevard of Roses,' for the rose plantings that line its Main Street boulevard.

Each August, Kenyon celebrates Rosefest, the summer festival that takes its name from the town's rose boulevard.

Minnesota Highways 56 and 60 are Kenyon's main routes, and Highway 246 runs just north of town.

Congressman Andrew J. Volstead, whose name is on the Volstead Act — the 1919 National Prohibition Act that enforced the nationwide ban on alcohol — was born near Kenyon to Norwegian immigrant parents.

Volstead represented Minnesota in the U.S. House from 1903 to 1923 and also co-authored the Capper-Volstead Act, which allowed farmers to form cooperatives.

Kenyon-Wanamingo Senior High School stands at 400 Sixth Street in Kenyon, and its Knights teams serve students from both Kenyon and neighboring Wanamingo.

Other notable people from Kenyon include Steve Sviggum, the 55th Speaker of the Minnesota House, Clifford L. Hilton, a Minnesota Supreme Court justice, and game designer Mark Rein-Hagen.

The median age in Kenyon in 2020 was 40.5 years.