Maryland
Capital Region
Montgomery County

South Kensington

South Kensington is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in , , . It had a population of 8,829 in 2020.
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  • Type: Village with 8,460 residents
  • Description: unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America
  • Also known as: “South Kensington, Maryland” and “South Kensington, MD”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Washington D.C. Temple and Silver Creek Middle School.

Church
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The is the 16th operating temple of . Located in , near , and the Capital Beltway, it became the church's first temple east of the since the original Nauvoo Temple, completed in 1846.

School
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Montgomery County Public Schools is the public school district of . With 211 schools, it is the largest school district in the state of .

Museum
The is a museum in , near The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forest Glen Park and Chevy Chase View.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community in , , United States, and a residential neighborhood within the census-designated place.

Village
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is a town in , , United States. Established as a Special Tax District in 1924, the town was formally incorporated on October 28, 1993. The population was 1,005 at the 2020 census.

Neighborhood
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— later called National Park College — was a private girls' school open from 1894 to 1942. Located in , its name alludes to nearby .

South Kensington

Latitude
39.0125° or 39° 0′ 45″ north
Longitude
-77.0709° or 77° 4′ 15″ west
Population
8,460
Elevation
282 feet (86 metres)
Open location code
87F42W6H+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158634507
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4369976
Wiki­data ID
Q754646
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“South Kensington” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساوث كينسينغتون”
  • Basque: “South Kensington”
  • Cebuano: “South Kensington”
  • Chinese: “South Kensington”
  • Chinese: “南肯辛頓”
  • Dutch: “South Kensington”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساوث كينسينجتون”
  • French: “South Kensington”
  • German: “South Kensington”
  • Gilaki: “سأؤث کنزینگتن (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “سأؤث کنزینگتن”
  • Irish: “South Kensington”
  • Italian: “South Kensington”
  • Kazakh: “Sows Kensïngton”
  • Kazakh: “Соус Кенсингтон”
  • Kazakh: “سوۋس كەنسىينگتون”
  • Kirghiz: “Соус Кенсингтон”
  • Ladin: “South Kensington”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “South Kensington”
  • Persian: “سوت کنسینگتن، مریلند”
  • Persian: “سوت کنسینگتن”
  • Polish: “South Kensington”
  • Portuguese: “South Kensington”
  • Scots: “South Kensington, Maryland”
  • Scots: “South Kensington”
  • Serbian: “Саут Кенсингтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “South Kensington, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “South Kensington”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سوت کنسینقتن، مریلند”
  • Spanish: “South Kensington (Maryland)”
  • Spanish: “South Kensington”
  • Tatar: “Саут-Кенсингтон (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Саут-Кенсингтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Саут-Кенсінгтон”
  • Uzbek: “South Kensington”
  • Uzbek: “Соутҳ Кенсингтон”
  • Volapük: “South Kensington”

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