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we pass this GPS location for Kenwood:
42.661202, -71.263393
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We found 38 communities that share the name Kenwood.
Within Massachusetts, the name Kenwood is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Kenwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Kenwood.
Arkansas
Conway County
This Kenwood is located in Conway County and lies 1,262 miles [2,031 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Kenwood.
California
Sonoma County
This Kenwood is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,665 miles [4,288.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Kenwood.
Colorado
Arapahoe County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Kenwood [Arapahoe County].
Fremont County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Fremont County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Kenwood.
Georgia
Fayette County
This Kenwood is located in Fayette County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Kenwood.
Muscogee County
This Kenwood is located in Muscogee County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km] to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Kenwood.
Illinois
Champaign County
This Kenwood is located in Champaign County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the west of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Kenwood.
Cook County
This Kenwood is located in Cook County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km] to the west of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Kenwood.
Indiana
Vigo County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Kenwood [Vigo County].
Iowa
Crawford County
This Kenwood is located in Crawford County and lies 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km]<1> to the west of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Kenwood.
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This Kenwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Kenwood.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Kenwood is located in Baltimore County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Kenwood.
Montgomery County
This Kenwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km] to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Kenwood.
Michigan
Wayne County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Kenwood [Wayne County].
Minnesota
Hennepin County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Kenwood [Hennepin County].
Saint Louis County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Kenwood [Saint Louis County].
Mississippi
Washington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Kenwood [Washington County].
Missouri
Knox County
This Kenwood is located in Knox County and lies 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km]<1> to the west of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Kenwood.
Saint Louis County
Although located in Saint Louis County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Kenwood.
Montana
Lewis and Clark County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Kenwood [Lewis and Clark County].
New Jersey
Camden County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Kenwood [Camden County].
New York
Albany County
This Kenwood is located in Albany County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the west of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Kenwood.
Madison County
This Kenwood is located in Madison County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km] to the west of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Kenwood.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This Kenwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Kenwood.
Harrison County
This Kenwood is located in Harrison County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km] to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Kenwood.
Oklahoma
Delaware County
This Kenwood is located in Delaware County and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km]<1> to the west of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Kenwood.
Pennsylvania
Beaver County
This Kenwood is located in Beaver County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Kenwood.
Bucks County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Kenwood [Bucks County].
Indiana County
This Kenwood is located in Indiana County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km] to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Kenwood.
South Carolina
Spartanburg County
This Kenwood is located in Spartanburg County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Kenwood.
Tennessee
Montgomery County
This Kenwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Kenwood.
Texas
Dallas County
This Kenwood is located in Dallas County and lies 1,552 miles [2,497.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Kenwood.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Kenwood is located in Fairfax County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Kenwood.
Hanover County
This Kenwood is located in Hanover County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km] to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Kenwood.
Hopewell City
This Kenwood is located in Hopewell City and lies 490 miles [788.6 km] to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopewell City community of Kenwood.
Roanoke City
This Kenwood is located in Roanoke City and lies 588 miles [946.3 km] to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Kenwood.
Washington
King County
This Kenwood is located in King County and lies 2,462 miles [3,962.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kenwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Kenwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kenwood ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Centralville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centralville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kenwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kenwood and extending to:
Cambridge, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kenwood to Cambridge, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 398 miles [640.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,501 miles [8,853 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,085 miles [6,574.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kenwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kenwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6612, Longitude: -71.2634 In this case, the coordinates for Kenwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Kenwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
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 Kenwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Kenwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.052 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.708 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.508 degrees.