Kent - Oregon Ghost Town

KENT

NAME: Kent
COUNTY: Sherman
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 2
CLIMATE: Cool winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Kent is located between Grass Valley and Shaniko on Highway 97.
REMAINS: Cemetary and a few buildings.

The abandoned café/gas station in Kent was closed several years ago. The Environmental Protection Agency informed the owners that they had to start carrying one million dollars liability insurance and build a concrete retaining wall in case of leaks from the underground gas tanks. Faced with already slim profits, the owners decided to close their business. The night before these photographs were taken, vandals had broken into the building. Behind the café lies an empty house and the remains of the old school built in 1937. The school was closed in 1980 and destroyed by a fire a few years later. Kent's children have been bused to Grass Valley since the closure. Submitted by Darren Bernaerdt from Deserted Lands.	Kent Courtesy Darren Bernaerdt

The abandoned café/gas station in Kent was closed several years ago. The Environmental
Protection Agency informed the owners that they had to start carrying one million dollars
liability insurance and build a concrete retaining wall in case of leaks from the underground
gas tanks. Faced with already slim profits, the owners decided to close their business. The night before these photographs were taken, vandals had broken into the building. Behind the café lies an empty house and the remains of the old school built in 1937. The school was closed in 1980 and destroyed by a fire a few years later. Kent's children have been bused to Grass Valley since the closure. Submitted by Darren Bernaerdt from Deserted Lands.

Kent
Courtesy Darren Bernaerdt

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