Do you know of Kensington ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Kensington. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Kensington.<1>

We found mention of Kensington as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Kensington ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Kensington.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Kensington.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Philadelphia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Kensington [Philadelphia County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Maricopa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Kensington [Maricopa County].
- California
  - Contra Costa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Kensington [Contra Costa County].
- Connecticut
  - Hartford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Kensington [Hartford County].
- Georgia
  - Chatham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kensington [Chatham County].
  - Columbia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kensington [Columbia County].
  - Walker County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kensington [Walker County].
- Illinois
  - Cook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Kensington [Cook County].
  - Will County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Kensington [Will County].
- Kansas
  - Smith County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kensington [Smith County].
- Kentucky
  - Boone County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Kensington [Boone County].
- Maryland
  - Anne Arundel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Kensington [Anne Arundel County].
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Kensington [Montgomery County].
- Michigan
  - Oakland 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 Kensington [Oakland County].
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Kensington [Wayne County].
- Minnesota
  - Douglas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Kensington [Douglas County].
- New Hampshire
  - Rockingham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Kensington [Rockingham County].
- New York
  - Erie 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 York community of Kensington [Erie County].
  - Kings County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Kensington [Kings County].
  - Nassau County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Kensington [Nassau County].
- Ohio
  - Columbiana County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Kensington [Columbiana County].
- Prince Edward Island
  - Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Kensington.
- Quebec
  - Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Kensington.
- South Carolina
  - Berkeley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Kensington [Berkeley County].
  - Georgetown County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Kensington [Georgetown County].
  - Orangeburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Kensington [Orangeburg County].
- Tennessee
  - Knox County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Kensington [Knox County].
- Virginia
  - Norfolk City
  - 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 Virginia community of Kensington [Norfolk City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kensington ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Kensington:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Kensington - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Westmoreland County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Westmoreland County.

Adams Hill
Amyville	Macbeth
Apollo	Mannitto Haven
Aqueduct	Manor Dale
Ashbaugh	Manor Station
	Marchands
Bethany	McGrews
Biddle	McKain
Bottsville	McMahon
Boucher	Meadow Mill
Boyle	Merwin
Branch Junction	Millville
Branch	Mocking Bird Hill
Breinizer	Moline

Calumet - Norvelt	New Salem
Cedar Creek	Nineveh
Chambers	North Huntingdon
Charleroi	North Webster
Cooksville	Northwest
Country Hills	Norwin Heights
County Junction
Cowans	Oakford Park
Crag Dell	Old Meadow
Creek	Overton
Cribb
Crisp	Park Meadows
	Park
Deronda	Penn Station
Derry Station	Penns Woods
Duffs	Perrysville
	Port Palmer
East Greensburgh	Pucketas
Edlepark	Puebla
Eisaman
Elrico	Ridgeview Park
Emma	Ridgeview
	Roaring Run
Fairfield	Robbins Station
Fairmont	Rostraver
Feree	Ruffsdale
Fort Palmer	Rumbaugh
Fosterville
Foxdale	Saint Vincent
	Sand Hill
Geary	Saunders
Glencairn	Seneca Valley
Goff	Sewickley
Green Lick	Shaners Crossroads
Griffin	Shaulis
	Sheppler
Hampshire Heights	Shoup
Harford Heights	Sinclair
Haser	Sloan
Hecla	Snyder
Hendricksville	Somers
Hoggs	Southerwood
Huff	Spring Garden
Huntingdon Heights	Stauffer
	Stewart's Station
Ingleside	Stoners
	Suter
Jack's Island	Swedetown
	Sweeney Plan
Keffe
Keffer	Target
Kim Plan	Tarr
Kirtland	Townsend
Klondike	Trouts Crossing

Lacolle	Verona
Larimer's Station
Lash	Waltz
Laurel Mount Boro	Weaver Mill
Leechburgh Station	Wegley
Leuffer	Welty
Lippencott	West Apollo
Lockport Station	West Jeannette
Long Bridge	West Sewickley
Lose	West Side
Lucesco	Wilco Hill
Lusk	Willow Springs
Lynnwood - Pricedale	Winthrop
Lyons Run Mine	Woodlawn

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<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 Kensington 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.