Kensington, Ohio

Entering Kensington from the south on State Route 9

Kensington is an unincorporated community in southwestern Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44427.^[1] It lies along U.S. Route 30 at its intersection with State Routes 9 and 644.

History

Kensington had its start by the building of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad through that territory. Kensington was originally known as Mayville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1852.^[2] The name Kensington was adopted in 1876.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
2. ↑ Mack, Horace (1879). History of Columbiana County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Unigraphic. p. 162. 
3. ↑ McCord, William B. (1905). History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 282. 

Municipalities and communities of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States County seat: Lisbon Cities Columbiana‡ East Liverpool Salem‡ Villages East Palestine Hanoverton Leetonia Lisbon Minerva‡ New Waterford Rogers Salineville Summitville Washingtonville‡ Wellsville Townships Butler Center Elkrun Fairfield Franklin Hanover Knox Liverpool Madison Middleton Perry Salem St. Clair Unity Washington Wayne West Yellow Creek CDPs Calcutta Damascus‡ East Rochester Glenmoor Homeworth La Croft Lake Tomahawk Negley Other unincorporated communities Clarkson Dungannon East Fairfield Elkton Fredericktown Guilford Lake Kensington New Garden North Georgetown Unionville West Point Williamsport Winona Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°44′07″N 80°57′23″W / 40.73528°N 80.95639°W / 40.73528; -80.95639