Kensington, Ohio

Kensington Post Office

Kensington is an unincorporated community in southwestern Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.[1] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44427.[2] 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.[3] A post office called Maysville was established in 1860, and the name was changed to Kensington in 1876.[4] Besides the post office, Kensington had a train station, hotel, and country store.[5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kensington
  2. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  3. ↑ Mack, Horace (1879). History of Columbiana County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Unigraphic. p. 162.
  4. ↑ "Columbiana County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. ↑ McCord, William B. (1905). History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 282.

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


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