Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Kenedy, TX

Kenedy was established in 1886 on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway, on a tract of land that railroad promoter Mifflin Kenedy bought from George W. Little that year.

The town was first called Kenedy Junction in honor of Mifflin Kenedy, the railroad's chief benefactor; its post office opened on March 27, 1887, and the name was shortened to Kenedy that June.

The Kenedy townsite sits on land that was once part of a royal Spanish land grant made to Carlos Martínez in 1788.

By 1906 Kenedy had newspaper offices, a bank, livery stables, and one of the largest cotton compresses in the state.

Kenedy incorporated in 1910, with Henry W. Dailey as its first mayor.

Frequent gunfighter shootings in the early 1900s earned Kenedy the nickname "Six Shooter Junction."

In 1915 hot mineral water was discovered near the depot, and the Hot Wells Hotel and Bath House that followed thrived for nearly 25 years.

During World War II, the Kenedy Alien Detention Camp on the outskirts of town held internees from Germany, Italy, Japan, and South America before being converted into a German and Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.

Kenedy is the site of the John Connally Unit state prison, from which the group known as the Texas Seven escaped on December 13, 2000, setting off a deadly crime spree and a nationwide manhunt.

The 2020 census counted 3,473 residents in Kenedy, up from 3,296 in 2010.