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Welcome to Kensington Heights ...

Kensington Heights is located in Franklin County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Kensington Heights: Kensington Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Kensington Heights is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Kensington Heights lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Kensington Heights: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Kensington Heights ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kensington Heights - it's located in Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kensington Heights.

Communities near Kensington Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kensington Heights.

  • Waynesboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Shippensburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Greencastle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Mont Alto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mercersburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • McConnellsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Newburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Orrstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Shade Gap
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Village is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Kensington Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kensington Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kensington Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kensington Heights.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kensington Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Kensington Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kensington Heights ...

Looking for more information about Kensington Heights? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Kensington Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kensington Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kensington Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Kensington Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Kensington Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.