Kensington, Kansas

**Kensington** is a city in Smith County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 399 people lived there.

## History

Kensington was created in 1887. It was incorporated as a city in 1900.

Kensington was on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.

The first post office in Kensington was created in January 1888.

## Geography

Kensington is at  (39.766702, -99.03285). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 399 people, 181 households, and 109 families living in Kensington. Of the households, 85.6% owned their home and 14.4% rented their home.

The median age was 46.8 years. Of the people, 94.7% were White, 0.8% were Black, 0.3% were Native American, 0.3% were Asian, 0.3% were Pacific Islanders, 0.3% were from some other race, and 3.5% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 473 people, 203 households, and 126 families living in Kensington.

## Government

The Kensington government consists of a mayor and five council members.  The council meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 5:30PM.
- City Hall, 101 S Main.

## Education

Kensington is a part of USD 110 Thunder Ridge Schools. The Thunder Ridge High School mascot is the Thunder Ridge Longhorns.

Before school unification, the Kensington High School mascot was Kensington Goldbugs.

## Other websites

- City
- Kensington - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 110, local school district
- Maps
- Kensington City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Kensington, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Kensington, KS 2.jpg
- **image caption**: Kensington in 2021
- **image map**: Smith_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Kensington_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Smith County, Kansas, Smith County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Smith Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Smith County, Kansas, Smith County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Smith County, Kansas, Smith
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1887
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1900
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 0.34
- **area land sq mi**: 0.34
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 0.87
- **area land km2**: 0.87
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1778
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 399
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 66951
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-36550
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2395511