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Kensington, MD.
A Brief History of Kensington, Maryland
The Town of Kensington, Maryland is known
to its citizens as the Town where "the train still stops and
the citizens still walk". The history of Kensington started
decades before the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad constructed the
Metropolitan Branch line from Washington, DC to Point of
Rocks, Maryland in 1873. The Metropolitan Branch line
bisected property owned by Mr. and Mrs. George Knowles. The
train stopped a Knowles Station in recognition of George
Knowles' property. This Station facilitated commerce to
Knowles and the other farmers in the immediate area. Soon
after the death of Knowles, parcels of land from the estate
were sold. A significant portion of the Knowles estate and
some of other surrounding land in the vicinity of the
Knowles Station provided the natural setting of several
hundred houses that emerged into Kensington of today. The
name, Kensington did not surface until 1894. By 1890, the
village of Knowles Station, as it was known then,
experienced rapid growth and its growing governance and
infrastructure needs could not be accommodated by the
County. In 1894 a bill was introduced into the Maryland
legislature to create the municipality known as the Town of
Kensington. The Town's governance is through a Mayor and
four Town Councilmen a procedure continued through today.
Following the incorporation of the Town
of Kensington work started to maintain the muddy streets
with planks and oyster shells. Oil Lamps were installed
followed by the first brick sidewalks. Cinders replaced the
boards and oyster shells in the 1920s and by the 1930s the
streets were paved. During these early days wind mills
located at most of the properties facilitated hand pumping
of well water into individual reservoirs located in the
attics of Town buildings for household and business use.
Wells and pumps were installed at all properties during the
early days of World War I that was followed by a sewer
system and in 1922 the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission took over control of the sanitary system. By the
end of World War II the Town's infrastructure was completed.
The Town's government maintains and improves its streets,
sidewalks, lighting, parks, and municipal buildings.
Kensington, located in Montgomery County,
is 6.5 km (4 miles) north of the District of Columbia
frontier at Connecticut Avenue. Throughout its history,
Kensington has retained the charm of a turn-of-the-20th
century Victorian community and transportation hub. Its
commercial district, representing about a third of its land
area features more than 300 businesses, a large number
specializing in antiques.
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