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Kensington

town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, suburb of Washington, DC
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Kensington

Summary

Kensington is a town in the United States[1]. Kensington ranks in the top 4% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kensington was a member of Maryland Municipal League[3].
  • Kensington is located in Montgomery County[4].
  • Kensington is in the country of United States[5].
  • Kensington's instance of is recorded as town in the United States[6].
  • Kensington's shares border with is recorded as Bethesda[7].
  • Kensington's shares border with is recorded as Wheaton[8].
  • Kensington's shares border with is recorded as South Kensington[9].
  • Kensington's postal code is recorded as 20891[10].
  • Kensington's postal code is recorded as 20895[11].
  • Kensington's Commons category is recorded as Kensington, Maryland[12].
  • Kensington's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[13].
  • Kensington's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[14].
  • Kensington's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00[15].
  • Kensington's local dialing code is recorded as 301[16].
  • Kensington's local dialing code is recorded as 240[17].
  • 1894 marks the founding of Kensington[18].
  • Kensington's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.026009, 'lon': -77.072891}[19].
  • Kensington's official website is recorded as https://tok.md.gov/[20].
  • Kensington's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kensington, Maryland[21].
  • Kensington has a population of {'amount': '+2213'}[22].
  • Kensington has a population of {'amount': '+2122'}[23].
  • Kensington's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kensington town'}[24].
  • Kensington's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kensington'}[25].
  • Kensington's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+823'}[26].
  • Kensington sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+87'}[27].

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Founding

1894 marks the founding of Kensington[18].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kensington town'}[24] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kensington'}[25].

Why It Matters

Kensington ranks in the top 4% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month).[2] Kensington has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Kensington is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . mdmunicipal.org. Retrieved . mdmunicipal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Montgomery County
    Official website → https://tok.md.gov/
    Inception → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 39.026009, 'lon': -77.072891}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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