Kensing, Texas
Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
33°24′21″N 95°25′54″W / 33.40583°N 95.43167°W / 33.40583; -95.43167[1]
Kensing is an unincorporated community in Delta County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas,[2] the community had a population of 35 in 2000.
History
The area in what is known as Kensing today was founded in the early 1900s around Dee Flanniken's sawmill. Its name is a portmanteau of the surnames of two local families, Flanniken and Sansing. The population was 35 as of 2000.[2]
Geography
Kensing is located on Farm to Market Road 895 in a richly wooded delta on the Sulphur River, 6 mi (9.7 km) east of Charleston in extreme-eastern Delta County.[2]
Education
Kensing's first school was founded in 1902 and was on the 1936 county highway map. It remained open in 1951, then closed in 1963. Since 1970, Kensing has been served by the Cooper Independent School District.[2]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kensing, Texas
- ^ a b c d Kensing, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
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Municipalities and communities of Delta County, Texas, United States
County seat: Cooper
communities
- Antioch
- Ben Franklin
- Charleston
- Crossroads
- East Delta
- Enloe
- Horton
- Jot Em Down
- Kensing
- Klondike
- Lake Creek
- Pacio
- Rattan
- Vasco
- Yowell
- Friendship
- Gough
- Liberty Grove
- Mount Joy
- Needmore
- Post Oak
- Prattville
- Price
- West Delta
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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