Kennedyville is an

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and

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in Kent County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 199. Knocks Folly, Shrewsbury Church, and Woodland Hall are listed on the

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Geography

Kennedyville is in eastern Kent County, northeast of Chestertown, the

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, and the same distance southwest of

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, along

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. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.15%, are water. The community is drained by tributaries of Morgan Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the

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Demographics

Education

It is in the

Kent County Public Schools Kent County Public Schools (KCPS) is a school district headquartered in Rock Hall, Maryland. It operates public schools in Kent County, where it is the sole school district. it had about 1,800 students, making it the smallest school district in ...

. Kent County Middle School is in Chestertown, and

Kent County High School Kent County High School (KCHS) is a public school located in Worton, Maryland in Kent County. It is the only high school within Kent County, is part of the Kent County Public Schools district, and serves students from ninth through twelfth grade ...

is in an

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, in the Butlertown

with a Worton postal address. The community was formerly assigned to Worton Elementary School. In 2017 the school board voted to close Worton Elementary.

Notable people

Wayne Gilchrest Wayne Thomas Gilchrest (born April 15, 1946) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing . In 2008, Gilchrest was defeated in the Republican primary by State Senator Andy ...

, former

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from the first district of Maryland *

John Needles John Needles (1786–1878) was an active Quaker and noted Maryland abolitionist. He was also a master craftsman of fine furniture. Early life John Needles was born on October 4, 1786 to Edward and Mary (Lamb) Needles. They lived on a farm in t ...

(1786 – 1878), Quaker abolitionist and a master craftsman of fine furniture

References

External links

*
Village of Kennedyville
from the Historical Society of Kent County collection Census-designated places in Kent County, Maryland Census-designated places in Maryland {{KentCountyMD-geo-stub