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Kennedyville, Maryland
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Kennedyville, Maryland is located in Maryland
Kennedyville, Maryland
Kennedyville, Maryland
Location in Maryland
Kennedyville, Maryland is located in the United States
Kennedyville, Maryland
Kennedyville, Maryland
Location in the United States
Country  United States
State  Maryland
County Kent
Area
 • Total 0.52 sq mi (1.34 km2)
 • Land 0.51 sq mi (1.32 km2)
 • Water 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
69 ft (21 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 230
 • Density 450.10/sq mi (173.74/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
21645
Area code(s) 410, 443, and 667
GNIS feature ID 590588
FIPS code 24-43475
Kennedyville Welcome Sign
Kennedyville Welcome Sign

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

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

Geography

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. The community is drained by tributaries of Morgan Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Chester River.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
2020 230
U.S. Decennial Census

Education

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. In 2017 the school board voted to close Worton Elementary.

Notable people

  • Wayne Gilchrest, former congressman from the first district of Maryland
  • John Needles (1786 – 1878), Quaker abolitionist and a master craftsman of fine furniture

See also

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