Map of Kenton town, Delaware

Kenton is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover metropolitan statistical area. The population was 215 in 2020.

Kenton town overview:
Name:	Kenton town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Delaware
County:	Kent County
Elevation:	59 ft (18 m)
Total Area:	0.18 sq mi (0.46 km²)
Land Area:	0.18 sq mi (0.46 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	215
Population Density:	1,221.59/sq mi (471.08/km²)
ZIP code:	19955
Area code:	302
FIPS code:	1039100
GNISfeature ID:	214191
Website:	kenton.delaware.gov

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History

The Village of Kenton is a crossroads community located at the intersection of Route 42 and Route 300 in Kenton Hundred, Delaware. The village dates from the last decade of the 18th century, but did not achieve its peak until the last half of the 19th century when the Delaware and Maryland Railroad line was put through from Clayton to Maryland.

Kenton was first laid out in 1796 by Philip Lewis who had begun to acquire property in the area five years before in 1791. The community was first known as Georgetown, then as Lewis Crossroads and finally, in 1806, by the name of Kenton.

The Kenton Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Other sites at or near Kenton on the National Register of Historic Places are the: George Arnold House, Aspendale, Thomas Attix House, J. F. Betz House, Benjamin Blackiston House, W. D. Burrows House, Scene of Cheyney Clow’s Rebellion, Clark-Pratt House, Cooper House, Thomas Davis House, N. C. Downs House, T.H. Denny House, Green Mansion House (Kenton, Delaware), Robert Hill House, Hoffecker-Lockwood House, Alfred L. Hudson House, Kenton Post Office, Thomas Lamb Farm, Thomas Lamb House, Jefferson Lewis House, Delaplane McDaniel House, Poinsett House, Somerville, William Stevens House, James Williams House, and Wright-Carry House.