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Kent County

Kenton

Kenton is a town in , United States. It is part of the Dover metropolitan statistical area. The population was 215 in 2020.
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  • Type: Village with 215 residents
  • Description: town in Kent County, Delaware, United States
  • Also known as: “Grogtown”, “Grogue Town”, “Kenton, DE”, “Kenton, Delaware”, and “Lewis Cross Roads”
  • Postal code: 19955

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kenton Historic District and Kenton Post Office.

Protected area
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a national historic district located at Kenton, . It encompasses 28 contributing buildings in the crossroads community of Kenton.

Historic building
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a historic post office building on Maine Street in Kenton, Delaware. It is a two-story Italianate building that was built in 1881 by Francis Greenwell.

House
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Wilds House, is a historic home located at Kenton, , United States. The house was built about 1794, as a two-story, three-bay, side hall plan stuccoed brick structure.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seven Hickories and Dinahs Corner.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is at the intersection of Delaware Route 15 and Delaware Route 42, west of and east of Kenton. is situated 2 miles southeast of Kenton.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located at the intersection of Pearsons Corner Road and Road, northwest of . is situated 3 miles south of Kenton.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 300 and Road, west of Kenton. is situated 3 miles west of Kenton.

Kenton

Latitude
39.22761° or 39° 13′ 39″ north
Longitude
-75.66299° or 75° 39′ 47″ west
Population
215
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87F668HP+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158269237
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4143230
Wiki­data ID
Q755764
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kenton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنتون”
  • Basque: “Kenton”
  • Catalan: “Kenton”
  • Cebuano: “Kenton”
  • Chechen: “Кентон”
  • Chinese: “Kenton”
  • Chinese: “肯顿”
  • Croatian: “Kenton (Delaver)”
  • Croatian: “Kenton”
  • Dutch: “Kenton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنتون”
  • French: “Kenton”
  • German: “Kenton”
  • Gilaki: “کنتن (دلاویر)”
  • Gilaki: “کنتن”
  • Hungarian: “Kenton”
  • Italian: “Kenton”
  • Ladin: “Kenton”
  • Mazanderani: “کنتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kenton”
  • Newari: “केनटन (डेलावेर)”
  • Newari: “केनटन, डेलावेर”
  • Newari: “केनटन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kenton”
  • Norwegian: “Kenton”
  • Persian: “کنتون، دلاور”
  • Persian: “کنتون”
  • Polish: “Kenton”
  • Portuguese: “Kenton”
  • Russian: “Кентон”
  • Serbian: “Kenton”
  • Serbian: “Кентон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kenton, Delaver”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kenton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کنتون، دلاویر”
  • Spanish: “Kenton”
  • Tatar: “Кентон”
  • Ukrainian: “Кентон”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن، ڈیلاویئر”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Kenton”
  • Uzbek: “Кентон”
  • Volapük: “Kenton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kenton, Delaware”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kenton”
  • Welsh: “Kenton, Delaware”
  • Welsh: “Kenton”

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