Kennedyville, Maryland
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Kennedyville, Maryland | |
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.jpg) Aerial image of Kennedyville | |
  Kennedyville  Kennedyville | |
| Coordinates: 39°18′19″N 75°59′42″W / 39.30528°N 75.99500°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Maryland |
| County |  Kent |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.52 sq mi (1.34 km2) |
| • Land | 0.51 sq mi (1.32 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 230 |
| • Density | 450.0/sq mi (173.74/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 21645 |
| Area codes | 410, 443, and 667 |
| GNIS feature ID | 590588[2] |
| FIPS code | 24-43475 |
Kennedyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kent County, Maryland, United States.[2] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 199.[3]
Knocks Folly, Shrewsbury Church, and Woodland Hall are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]
Kennedyville is in eastern Kent County, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Chestertown, the county seat, and the same distance southwest of Galena, along Maryland Route 213. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.5 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km2), or 1.15%, are water.[3] The community is drained by tributaries of Morgan Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Chester River.
Demographics
Education
It is in the Kent County Public Schools. Kent County Middle School is in Chestertown, and Kent County High School is in an unincorporated area, in the Butlertown census-designated place with a Worton postal address.
The community was formerly assigned to Worton Elementary School.[6] In 2017 the school board voted to close Worton Elementary.[7]
