Kent is home to Solutions Bank, K & M Feed Mill, St. Paul's Lutheran Church (ELCA), Nuestro Queso cheesemakers and Kent Fire Department.

Kent was surveyed and platted in 1887 at the same time the Chicago Great Western Railroad laid its tracks through Stephenson County.

[2] Kent is located in Stephenson County, Illinois about 12 miles west of Freeport.

[2] Kent is located in the southwestern part of its township, near the Stephenson-Jo Daviess County line.

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