Kenton may refer to:
Places
Canada
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Kenton, Manitoba Kenton is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Woodworth, about an hour's drive west of Brandon. The first permanent settlement of the area began in 1881, ...
South Africa
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Kenton-on-Sea
Kenton-on-Sea, more commonly known as Kenton, is a small coastal town on the Sunshine Coast, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is situated between the Bushmans and the Kariega Rivers, and lies approximately halfway between the industria ...
United Kingdom
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Kenton, Devon
Kenton is a village and civil parish located near Exeter, the county town of Devon, England. It has two restaurants, a pub, two hairdressers, a primary school, a mediaeval church and is near Powderham Castle.
The centre of the village was rebu ...
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Kenton, London
Kenton is a district in north-west London, England, to the east of Harrow and historically in Middlesex. As with surroundings in Harrow, Wembley and Kingsbury, the area was a product of Metroland suburbia of the early 20th century. Both the L ...
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Kenton station
Kenton is a railway station on the Watford DC line and the London Underground Bakerloo line, situated on Kenton Road in Kenton, north-west London. The station is served by London Overground and London Underground services. It has an out of s ...
, Kenton Road, Kenton, London
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Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne
Kenton is a suburb and electoral ward in the north west of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It borders the Town Moor and Gosforth. Kenton also has close road links to Newcastle Airport. The ward population at the 2011 Census was 11,605.
The are ...
, Tyne and Wear
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Kenton, Suffolk
Kenton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located 1.9 miles to the north-east of Debenham, in 2005 its population was 170. A parish in the Hundreds of Suffolk of Loes.
The name Kenton comes ...
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Kenton railway station (Suffolk)
United States
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Kenton, Delaware
Kenton is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 261 at the 2010 census.
History
The Village of Kenton is a crossroads community located at the intersec ...
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Kenton Hundred
Kenton Hundred is a hundred in Kent County, Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
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Kenton County, Kentucky
Kenton County is a county located in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 169,064, making it the third most populous county in Kentucky (behind Jefferson County and Fayette County). It ...
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Kenton, Kentucky
Kenton is an unincorporated community in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The community is located along Kentucky Route 177 and the Licking River southeast of Independence. Kenton has a post office
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Kenton, Michigan
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Kenton, Ohio
Kenton is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Ohio, United States, located in the west-central part of Ohio about 57 mi (92 km) northwest of Columbus and 70 mi (113 km) south of Toledo. Its population was 7,947 a ...
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Kenton, Oklahoma
Kenton is a town in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States. Kenton is the westernmost town in Oklahoma. From Kenton, it is approximately south to Amarillo, Texas, northwest to Colorado Springs, Colorado, northwest to Denver, Colorado, southw ...
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Kenton, Portland, Oregon
Kenton is a neighborhood in the north section of Portland, Oregon, United States. The neighborhood was originally a company town founded in 1911 for the Swift Meat Packing Company.
Geography
Kenton's northern border is formed by North Portland ...
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Kenton Hotel
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Kenton, Tennessee
Kenton is a town in Gibson and Obion counties, Tennessee. The population was 1,281 at the 2010 census, a decline of 25 from 2000. The Gibson County portion of Kenton is part of the Humboldt, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the Obion Co ...
People
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Kenton Allen
Kenton Allen is a British television producer and executive. He became Chief Executive of Big Talk Productions in September 2008. He is a multi-award–winning programme-maker with credits including the BAFTA Award-winning sitcoms ''The Royle F ...
(born 1965), British television producer
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Kenton Cool
Kenton Edward Cool (born 30 July 1973) is an English mountaineer and mountain guide. He is one of Britain's leading alpine and high altitude climbers and has reached the summit of Mount Everest sixteen times, including leading Sir Ranulph Fie ...
(born 1973), English mountaineer
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Kenton Couse
Kenton Couse (1 March 1721 – 10 October 1790) was an English architect. He was apprenticed to Henry Flitcroft whose patronage obtained him posts in the Office of Works. Couse subsequently became Secretary to the Board of Works from 1775 to 1782 ...
(1721–1790), English architect
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Kenton Duty
Jeffrey Kenton Duty (born May 12, 1995) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for his recurring role as "Young Jacob" on the final season of the ABC primetime drama, '' Lost'', and for his co-starring role as the flamboyan ...
(born 1995), American actor and singer
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Kenton Grua
Kenton "Factor" Grua (July 25, 1950 – August 25, 2002) was a Grand Canyon river guide. He was the first person in recorded history to hike through the Grand Canyon's entire length. In 1983, he set the speed record for rowing through the can ...
(1950–2002), American river guide
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Kenton Keith
Kenton Jermaine Keith (born July 14, 1980) is a former American football running back. He was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 2003 Then the National Football League Colts (NFL) in 2007. He played ...
(born 1980), American football player
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Kenton Keith (diplomat)
Kenton Wesley Keith (born November 12, 1939) is a former American career diplomat and ambassador to Qatar from 1992 to 1995. A U.S. Navy veteran, Keith also served as Senior Vice president of programming for the American Academy of Diplomacy. Amba ...
(born 1939), American diplomat
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Kenton Onstad
Kenton B. Onstad (born July 17, 1953) is the former Democratic-NPL Minority Leader in the North Dakota House of Representatives and was one of the two members who represents District 4, which is composed of Mountrail County, the Fort Berthold ...
(born 1953), American politician
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Kenton Richardson
Kenton Terry Richardson (born 26 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League side Gateshead.
Playing career
Richardson came through the youth team at Hartlepool United. He made his senior debut ...
(born 1999), English football player
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Kenton Smith
Kenton Smith (born September 10, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
Playing career
Smith began playing at major junior level for the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 1995–96. He competed for the H ...
(born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
Ships
* , an attack transport of the United States Navy during World War II
* , the name of two ships
Other uses
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Kenton (cigarette)
Kenton was a German brand of cigarettes, manufactured in East Germany.
History
Kenton was available in the variants ''"Aromatic Blend"'' (Blue), ''"Menthol"'' (Green) and ''"American Blend"'', later renamed in ''"Extra Quality"'' (Red). The cig ...
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Kenton Archer
This is a list of many of the characters from the long-running British radio soap ''The Archers''.
The Archer family tree
The Archer family
Jill Archer née Patterson (born 3 October 1930) (Patricia Greene) is ...
, a fictional character in ''The Archers''
See also
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Kenton High School (disambiguation) Kenton High School may refer to:
* Kenton School, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
*Kenton High School (Kenton, Ohio), U.S.
See also
*Simon Kenton High School
Simon Kenton High School is a high school located at 11132 Madison Pike in Independence, ...
*Ken-Ton, the pairing of
Kenmore, New York
Kenmore is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 15,423 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area.
Kenmore is in the south part of the town of Tonawanda, and together with th ...
and Tonawanda, New York
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Kenton in Hi-Fi'', a 1956 album by Stan Kenton
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