An Introduction to Our Town
Kensington covers a wide area with many distinctive neighborhoods. Kensington's origins and character are most readily found in the Kensington Historic District, where you will find many notable features that embody the area's history and that link us to the Town's past.
Well before Kensington came into being in the late 19th century, the land had gone through numerous owners and a few name changes. Yet for much of the time, land deeds continued to mark a parcel's relationship to the original "Joseph's Park," the land first owned by Colonel William Joseph in the late 17th century. On the west, the border of Joseph's Park is about 4 winding miles of Rock Creek, going from Chevy Chase on the south up well past Parkwood. The northern border goes from Rock Creek east past what is now the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Georgia Avenue. The Town of Kensington lies in the northwest corner of the old Joseph's Park, which was comprised of 4,220 acres-more than 6 1/2 square miles.
The Town of Kensington was chartered in 1894. At that time it included more than a dozen subdivisions developed in the late 1870's and 1880's, as well as the Kensington Park subdivision of 1890. Today, the Kensington Postal Zone is a wide-ranging area that includes Chevy Chase View, Homewood, Rock Creek Hills, Byeford Knolls, Kensington Heights, part of Parkwood, Rock Creek Highlands, the Town of Kensington, and many other communities.
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