Kensington

Kensington is a neighborhood in the Far South Side of . Founded as the town of Calumet Junction in 1852, it began as a small community of rail-workers servicing the junction of the Illinois Central and Michigan Central railroads.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood in Chicago
  • Also known as: “Calumet” and “Kensington, Chicago”

Places of Interest

Highlights include 115th Street/Kensington station and State Street station.

Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
115th Street/Kensington is a commuter rail station on the far south side of that serves the Metra Electric District north to and south to and .

Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
State Street is the first station along the Blue Island Branch of the Metra Electric line in the neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

Church
Photo: Bkc2010, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverdale and Pullman.

Suburb
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois and is located on the city's far south side. As originally designated by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago…

Suburb
Photo: Boven, CC0.
, one of 's 77 defined community areas, is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side. Twelve miles from the , is situated adjacent to .

Suburb
is a neighborhood located on the far south side of the , . It is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago. is situated 1½ miles west of Kensington.

Kensington

Latitude
41.67809° or 41° 40′ 41″ north
Longitude
-87.60727° or 87° 36′ 26″ west
Elevation
591 feet (180 metres)
Open location code
86HJM9HV+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153690390
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4898381
Wiki­data ID
Q106468220
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Satellite Map

Discover Kensington from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Russian—“Kensington” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Kensington”
  • Russian: “Кенсингтон”

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Notable Places Nearby

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