Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.
—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
155historic places
—earliest paper
1680formed
181,851pop. 2020
26cemeteries
—CW battlefields
At a glance
Summary
The National Register of Historic Places includes 155 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Kenton, Dover, Milford.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.
County formation
Newberry AHCB
Kent was formed in 1680 (1680-06-21) from unknown / original county.
ST. JONES (now KENT) created under the authority of the Duke of York from NEW CASTLE and HOARKILL (later DEALE, now SUSSEX); no inland limits specified.
Kent County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).
1790
1800
1820
1840
1860
1880
1900
1920
1940
1950
1960
1980
2000
2020
18,920
19,554
20,793
19,872
27,804
32,874
32,762
31,023
34,441
37,870
65,651
98,219
126,697
181,851
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
Cemeteries & historical places
USGS GNIS
26 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
Cemeteries — 26 of 26 listed
Name
Lat
Lon
Amish Cemetery
39.1551
-75.58798
Asbury Cemetery
39.15662
-75.63145
Bethel Cemetery
38.86239
-75.63542
Bethesda M P Cemetery
39.13427
-75.69243
Blackiston Cemetery
39.2623
-75.7374
Blanco Cemetery
39.2295
-75.7392
Bryn Zion Cemetery
39.23813
-75.65266
Downham Cemetery
39.03956
-75.58631
Emmanuel Cemetery
39.1801
-75.6731
Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
39.17592
-75.46676
Griffiths Chapel Cemetery
38.89595
-75.5077
Hollywood Cemetery
38.92484
-75.55548
Holy Cross Cemetery
39.16706
-75.53298
Hopkins Cemetery
39.00067
-75.62076
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
38.92511
-75.43297
Kingdom Holiness Cemetery
39.0816
-75.6073
Lakeside Cemetery
39.1717
-75.52876
Moors Cemetery
39.23173
-75.4808
Mount Olive Cemetery
39.03822
-75.698
New Jerusalem Baptist Cemetery
39.15638
-75.52976
Roby United Methodist Cemetery
39.2395
-75.514
Saint James Cemetery
39.01789
-75.49881
Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
39.17944
-75.54888
Thistlewood Cemetery
38.96595
-75.50631
Todds Cemetery
38.83373
-75.67332
Whatcoat Cemetery
39.169
-75.52465
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
Name
Lat
Lon
North Milford
38.91734
-75.42825
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
Historical markers
HMdb link
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