Kennedyville, Maryland

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]

Kennedyville, Maryland
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 39°18′19″N 75°59′42″W
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Kent
Area [1]
• Total	0.52 sq mi (1.34 km2)
• Land	0.51 sq mi (1.32 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation	69 ft (21 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	230
• Density	450.10/sq mi (173.74/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	21645
Area code(s)	410, 443, and 667
GNIS feature ID	590588[2]
FIPS code	24-43475

Kennedyville Welcome Sign

Knocks Folly, Shrewsbury Church, and Woodland Hall are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

Geography

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

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	230		—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

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]

Notable people

• Wayne Gilchrest, former congressman from the first district of Maryland
• John Needles (1786 – 1878), Quaker abolitionist and a master craftsman of fine furniture