Kensington, Michigan
Kensington, Michigan | |
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Unincorporated community and former village | |
| Coordinates: 42°30′42″N 83°39′33″W / 42.51167°N 83.65917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Oakland |
| Townships | Lyon |
| Settled | 1831 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 48178 (South Lyon) |
| Area code(s) | 248 |
| FIPS code | 26-84240 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1627218 |
Kensington is an unincorporated community and former village in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located within Lyon Township.
Settled in 1831, Kensington suffered population loss when the railroad diverted the Detroit to Lansing traffic southward to South Lyon. The later building of I-96 and the Kensington Metropark in the 1950s caused the community to disappear.