Kensington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area, in Contra Costa County, California. The population was 4,936 at the 2000 census. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with unincorporated. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Official website: http://www. ...

Law and government

Kensington is an unincorporated area of Contra Costa County that borders Alameda County. As such, Kensington does not have a mayor, city council, or other municipal-level officials. It does, however, have its own police and fire departments. Fire and police would be run by the county, since the town does not have a municipal government. Official website: http://www. ... Official website: http://www. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ...

Geography

Kensington is located at 37°54′22″N, 122°16′44″W (37.906200, -122.278810)^GR1. Image File history File links CAMap-doton-Kensington. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.0 km² (1.1 mi²). 3.0 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.87% is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an Imperial unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, 1,609. ...

Kensington borders Berkeley to the south; El Cerrito to its west and north; and Wildcat Canyon Regional Park and Tilden Regional Park to the east. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... El Cerrito is a city located in Contra Costa County, California. ... Park Map Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, or simply Wildcat Canyon, is a 2,428 East Bay Regional Parks District park mostly in Richmond, California. ... Looking northeast from Inspiration Point in Tilden, March 2006 Tilden Regional Park is a regional park in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. ...

The Census data report that Kensington is 0.87% water, which is unusual for a town at the top of a hill. The percentage most likely includes Summit Reservoir, a drinking water reservoir that was covered to cut evaporation losses after several drought years in the late 1970s.

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 4,936 people, 2,192 households, and 1,372 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,657.2/km² (4,301.9/mi²). There were 2,245 housing units at an average density of 753.7/km² (1,956.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.77% White, 2.55% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 10.58% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.91% from other races, and 3.93% from two or more races. 3.48% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ...

There were 2,192 households out of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.4% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.69. A marriage is a relationship between or among individuals, usually recognized by civil authority and/or bound by the religious beliefs of the participants. ...

In the CDP the population was spread out with 17.7% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 31.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $93,247, and the median income for a family was $102,601. Males had a median income of $71,278 versus $55,347 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $55,275. About 1.7% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Historical Items

• Until 1948, a streetcar line of the Key System ran to Kensington from Berkeley along The Arlington, terminating in the small commercial area at Amherst Avenue.
• The late local historian Louis Stein Jr. lived in Kensington, and for a time, kept one of the East Bay's oldest horsecars in his yard---one that had probably seen service between Temescal, Oakland and the University of California in Berkeley. The horsecar is now at the Western Railway Museum.
• A relic of the Cold War sits in the hills directly behind Kensington---a Nike missile battery, now sealed up, but still evident by its concrete blocks. The preferred access is a foot and bike trail from Inspiration Point in Tilden Regional Park. [1]

The Key System (or Key Route) was a company that provided mass transit in the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, Richmond, Albany and El Cerrito in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area from the 1900s until 1960 when the system was sold to a newly formed public... A horsecar was an animal-powered streetcar (or tram). ... Location of Temescal in the City of Oakland. ... The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... The Western Railway Museum is located on Highway 12 between Rio Vista and Suisun, California. ... The Cold War (Russian: Холодная Война Holodnaya Voina) was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between a worldwide military alliance of capitalist states led by the United States and a rival alliance of communist states led by the Soviet Union. ... Launch of a Nike Zeus missile Project Nike was a US Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Labs, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. ... Looking northeast from Inspiration Point in Tilden, March 2006 Tilden Regional Park is a regional park in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. ...

Points of interest

• Blake Garden

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External links

• http://www.aboutkensington.com

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