[7] A 1914 ad in the El Paso Herald described horse trails, planned parks, homes for sale under $3,500 and access to public transportation.

[15] In the 1970s, Kern Place was used strategically to demonstrate that there was a problem with lead contamination and the nearby ASARCO plant in El Paso.

[16] Investigators chose to show that wealthy children from the Kern Place area also had high levels of lead in their blood in order to combat the assertion that only poor, uneducated El Pasoans were being affected by the problem.

[17] In 2001, a report was published by the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) documenting high levels of arsenic and lead in the soil in areas around Kern Place.

[19] Students who had gone to school in the area showed greater than average rates of developing multiple sclerosis (MS).

[20] Fourteen cases of MS were positively linked to the area around Kern Place and Mission Hills in a 1994 study.

In 1916, Kern constructed a gate that formed an archway to the entrance of the neighborhood[3] at the intersection of North Kansas Street and Robinson.

"[23] The symbolism of the gate was meant to express ideas about "the brotherhood of man, light, life, health and wealth," according to the El Paso Herald-Post.

[6] The Cincinnati Entertainment District is part of Kern Place, and includes bars, restaurants and other businesses.