Kensington

Kensington is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of . Kensington is a primarily low-income and working-class area, and it experienced increasing poverty after the loss of its industries in the 1960s during deindustrialization.
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  • Neighborhood with about 5,590 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 feet (10 metres)
  • Description: neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as
    “Kensington, PA”
    “Kensington, Philadelphia”

Places of Interest

Discover York–Dauphin station and Norris Square Presbyterian Church.
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Metro station
is an elevated rapid transit station, serving L trains of SEPTA Metro.
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Church
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Metro station
is an elevated rapid transit…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Kensington and Hartranft.
Neighborhood
is a in the…
Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the central part…
Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of , , United States.

Kensington

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Latitude
39.98595° or 39° 59′ 9″ north
Longitude
-75.13184° or 75° 7′ 55″ west
Open location code
87F6XVP9+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158606367
Open­Street­Map feature
place = neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4558950
Wiki­data ID
Q636358

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Kensington” goes by many names.
كينسينغتون (فيلادلفيا)Arabic
肯辛頓Chinese
肯辛顿Chinese
费城肯辛顿Chinese
KensingtonDutch
KensingtonFrench
KensingtonGerman
ΚένσινγκτονGreek
ケンジントンJapanese
ケンジントン (フィラデルフィア)Japanese
کنزینگتونPersian
کنزینگتون (فیلادلفیا)Persian
КенсингтонRussian
KensingtonSpanish
Kensington (Filadelfia)Spanish
KensingtonTurkish
کنسنگٹن، فلاڈیلفیاUrdu
کنسنگٹن، فلاڈیلفیا، پنسلوانیاUrdu

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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