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Communities Also Named Kensington ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Kensington.

Within Prince Edward Island, the name Kensington is unique.

Beyond Prince Edward Island, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 28 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 27 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Kensington is located in Maricopa County and lies 2,658 miles [4,277.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Kensington.
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This Kensington is located in Contra Costa County and lies 2,987 miles [4,807.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Kensington.
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This Kensington is located in Hartford County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Kensington.
    • Georgia
      • Chatham County
      • Although located in Chatham County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Kensington.
      • Columbia County
      • This Kensington is located in Columbia County and lies 1,320 miles [2,124.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Kensington.
      • Walker County
      • This Kensington is located in Walker County and lies 1,387 miles [2,232.2 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Kensington.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Kensington is located in Cook County and lies 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Kensington.
      • Will County
      • This Kensington is located in Will County and lies 1,247 miles [2,006.9 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Kensington.
    • Kansas
      • Smith County
      • This Kensington is located in Smith County and lies 1,826 miles [2,938.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Kensington.
    • Kentucky
      • Boone County
      • This Kensington is located in Boone County and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Kensington.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Kensington is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Kensington.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Kensington is located in Montgomery County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Kensington.
    • 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
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Wayne County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Kensington.
    • Minnesota
      • Douglas County
      • This Kensington is located in Douglas County and lies 1,524 miles [2,452.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Kensington.
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Kensington is located in Rockingham County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Kensington.
    • 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
      • This Kensington is located in Kings County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kings County community of Kensington.
      • Nassau County
      • This Kensington is located in Nassau County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Kensington.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This Kensington is located in Columbiana County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Kensington.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Kensington is located in Philadelphia County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Kensington.
      • Westmoreland 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 Kensington [Westmoreland County].
    • Quebec
      • This Kensington lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the west.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Kensington is located in Berkeley County and lies 1,253 miles [2,016.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Kensington.
      • Georgetown County
      • This Kensington is located in Georgetown County and lies 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Georgetown County community of Kensington.
      • Orangeburg County
      • This Kensington is located in Orangeburg County and lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Kensington.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This Kensington is located in Knox County and lies 1,281 miles [2,061.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Kensington.
    • 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].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kensington ...

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.

  • Emerald
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerald came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
  • Emerald Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Freetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
  • Grahams Road
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Indian River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian River <5>
  • Irishtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irishtown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
  • Kelvin
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelvin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin
  • Kelvin Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelvin Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin Grove
  • Long River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long River
  • Lower Freetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Freetown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Freetown
  • Reads Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reads Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reads Corner
  • Sea View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sea View came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea View
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sea View <5>
  • Spring Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Travellers Rest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

How Far From Kensington to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Kensington to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kensington and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Kensington to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 33 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,045 miles [8,119.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,632 miles [5,845.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Kensington: www.kennet.pe.ca/

The official website for Province of Prince Edward Island: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/

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 from Point A (ie- Kensington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kensington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4368, Longitude: -63.6373    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 . 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 Kensington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Kensington to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.60 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.299 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.59 degrees.




 

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