Kennedyville, Maryland facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kennedyville, Maryland
Census-designated place
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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 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

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

In Spanish: Kennedyville para niños