Kensington

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Kensington

Total population

240

Median home value

$110,700

8.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$46,000

Kensington$46k

National$74k

Elevation399 m

Land area0.94 km²

Weather63°F · Chance Rain Showers

Coordinates45.78°, -95.70°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kensington is a city in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 266 at the 2020 census. The city is notable in Minnesota history for being the place where the Kensington Runestone was first displayed. It is now at a museum in nearby Alexandria, Minnesota.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Kensington, MN from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Minnesota

• Lowry
  10 mi away
• Long Beach
  15.5 mi away
• Evansville
  15.7 mi away
• Donnelly
  16.5 mi away
• Morris
  16.7 mi away
• Glenwood
  16.9 mi away
• Herman
  21.5 mi away · pop. 441
• Nelson
  22.1 mi away
• Carlos
  23.7 mi away
• Norcross
  24.9 mi away
• Osakis
  26.9 mi away
• Chokio
  27.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kensington

The Kensington Rune Stone

Minnesota Historical Society Museum Com · 2018

The Kensington rune stone

Minnesota Historical Society. Museum Committee. · 1910

Runen in Amerika?

Rainer H. Schmeissner · 1988

Kensington Rune Stone - Preliminary Report to the Minnesota Historical Society by Its Musuem Committee

Anon. · 2011

Kensington runsten =

Ove Berg · 2005

Kensington Rune Stone

2011

The Kensington Runestone

Alice Beck Kehoe · 2004

The Kensington Runestone vindicated

Rolf M. Nilsestuen · 1995

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

American hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Seen 2026-09-07

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-09-07

Rock Bass

Ambloplites rupestris

Seen 2026-09-05

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Seen 2026-09-05

yellow sundrops

Oenothera serrulata

Seen 2026-08-24

fringed sagebrush

Artemisia frigida

Seen 2026-08-24

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Seen 2026-08-13

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Seen 2026-08-08

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Seen 2026-08-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).