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Kennedyville, Maryland

Coordinates: 39°18′19″N 75°59′42″W / 39.30528°N 75.99500°W / 39.30528; -75.99500
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Kennedyville, Maryland
Aerial image of Kennedyville
Aerial image of Kennedyville
Kennedyville is located in Maryland
Kennedyville
Kennedyville
Kennedyville is located in the United States
Kennedyville
Kennedyville
Coordinates: 39°18′19″N 75°59′42″W / 39.30528°N 75.99500°W / 39.30528; -75.99500
Country United States
State Maryland
County Kent
Area
 • Total0.52 sq mi (1.34 km2)
 • Land0.51 sq mi (1.32 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
69 ft (21 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total230
 • Density450.10/sq mi (173.74/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
21645
Area code(s)410, 443, and 667
GNIS feature ID590588[2]
FIPS code24-43475
Visitor welcome sign to Kennedyville, MD
Kennedyville Welcome Sign

Kennedyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kent County, Maryland, United States.[2] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 199.[3]

Knocks Folly, Shrewsbury Church, and Woodland Hall are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]

Geography

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Kennedyville is in eastern Kent County, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Chestertown, the county seat, and the same distance southwest of Galena, along Maryland Route 213. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.5 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km2), or 1.15%, are water.[3] The community is drained by tributaries of Morgan Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Chester River.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020230
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Education

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It is in the Kent County Public Schools. Kent County Middle School is in Chestertown, and Kent County High School is in an unincorporated area, in the Butlertown census-designated place with a Worton postal address.

The community was formerly assigned to Worton Elementary School.[6] In 2017 the school board voted to close Worton Elementary.[7]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Kennedyville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Kennedyville CDP, Maryland". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "Welcome to our school!". Worton Elementary School. October 2, 2006. Archived from the original on October 2, 2006. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Board of Education Action and Written Decision to Close Millington Elementary School and Worton Elementary School" (PDF). Kent County Public Schools. March 22, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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