Kensington, Ohio Facts for Kids

Kensington Post Office

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. It lies along U.S. Route 30 at its intersection with State Routes 9 and 644.

History

Kensington was originally called Mayville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1852 when the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Maysville was established in 1860, and the name was changed to Kensington in 1876. Besides the post office, Kensington had a train station, hotel, and country store.

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

Unincorporated communities	Achor Bayard Cannons Mill Chambersburg Clarkson Dungannon East Carmel East Fairfield Elkton Franklin Square Fredericktown Gavers Glasgow Guilford Highlandtown Kensington Lynchburg Middleton Mill Rock Millport Moultrie New Alexander New Garden New Middleton New Salisbury North Georgetown Reading Signal Teegarden Unionville Unity Valley West Point Williamsport Winona

Ghost town	Lucerne

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

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