Named for Charles F. Kettering, an inventor who lived in the community from 1914 until his death in 1958, Kettering, Ohio is in both Greene and Montgomery counties. The earliest settler in what is now Kettering was John Patterson, a farmer who built a log cabin there in 1798. The area later became Van Buren Township until Kettering was incorporated as a village in 1952, becoming a city in 1955.
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Demographics, maps and a history of the city are offered on its official web site, and an introduction to its administrative personnel, boards, commissions and elected officials. Service requests, council agendas, permit applications, and program registrations are available through the site, as well.
http://www.ketteringoh.org/
Discovery House Day Care Center
Offering full and part time services for children aged eighteen months through the age of twelve, the Kettering, Ohio facility’s classes, programs and philosophy are outlined, and enrollment forms are available on the site.
http://www.discoveryhousedcc.com/
The PK-12 public school administrative district is headquartered in Kettering, Ohio. Featured is a staff directory, departmental contacts, and profiles of each of its school campuses, with schedules, faculty listings, and announcements.
http://www.kettering.k12.oh.us/
KC is a coeducational college owned by the Kettering Medical Center, and chartered by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, offering instruction in the arts, science and health professions. A profile of the college, its academic and campus life programs, admissions policies, and upcoming events are posted.
http://www.kc.edu/
Situated in Kettering, the municipal court provides services for the communities of Centerville, Kettering, Moraine and Washington Township, handling misdemeanor traffic and criminal cases, as well as civil complaints, small claims, and preliminary hearings for felony cases. A court schedule and key contacts are noted.
http://www.ketteringmunicipalcourt.org/
Kettering Sister City Committee
Established by the Kettering, Ohio city council in 1967, the mission of the committee is to build people-to-people relationships, based on youth and adult exchange visits, social and cultural gatherings, with its sister city affiliations of Steyr, Austria and the Borough of Kettering, England. Profiles of its sister cities, membership information, and a calendar of events are published.
http://www.ketteringsistercities.com/
