Kensington

Kensington is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,873 at the 2000 census. The area around the Rock Creek basin where Kensington is located was primarily agricultural until 1873, when the B&O; Railroad completed the Metropolitan Branch which traversed Montgomery County. A community arose where the new railroad line intersected the old Rockville-to-Bladensburg road. This early settlement was first known as Kno... more

Kensington is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,873 at the 2000 census. The area around the Rock Creek basin where Kensington is located was primarily agricultural until 1873, when the B&O; Railroad completed the Metropolitan Branch which traversed Montgomery County. A community arose where the new railroad line intersected the old Rockville-to-Bladensburg road. This early settlement was first known as Knowles Station. In the early 1890s, Washington, D.C. developer Brainard Warner began purchasing land parcels to build a planned Victorian community, complete with church, library, and a local newspaper. Fascinated by a recent trip to London, Warner first named his town Kensington Park. Upon incorporation in 1894, the town was renamed Kensington. The historic core of Kensington was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as the Kensington Historic District in 1980. Initially Kensington was a summer refuge for Washington, D.C.,... less