Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Kensington in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Kensington. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Kensington listed first.
- Bank Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bank Lick is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Lick
- Richwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Walton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nicholson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nicholson is located in Kenton County
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- Beaverlick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beaverlick is located in Boone County
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- Atwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Kenton County
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- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bracht
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bracht is located in Kenton County
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- Verona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Boone County
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- Piner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Piner is located in Kenton County
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- Staffordsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Staffordsburg is located in Kenton County
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- Florence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Erlanger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Bone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Big Bone is located in Boone County
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- Crittenden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fiskburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fiskburg is located in Kenton County
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- Kenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kenton is located in Kenton County
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- Visalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Visalia is located in Kenton County
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- Ryland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ryland is located in Kenton County
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- Maurice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maurice is located in Kenton County
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- Ryle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ryle is located in Gallatin County
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- Flingsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Flingsville is located in Grant County
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- Morning View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morning View is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning View
- Limaburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Limaburg is located in Boone County
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- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Kenton County
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- Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hamilton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kensington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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