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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 .
Kensington Metropark is a unit of the Huron–Clinton Metroparks system located between Milford and South Lyon, Michigan, USA. Surrounding Kent Lake , the park covers 4,543 acres (18.13 km 2 ). It has wooded hilly terrain and surrounds 1,200-acre (4.9 km 2 ) Kent Lake (a dammed section of the Huron River ).
The Kensington Lakes Activities Association (KLAA) is an athletic conference for high schools in Michigan.It was formed in the 2008-2009 school year as a result of the merger of the Kensington Valley Conference and the Western Lakes Activities Association, plus two other schools joining from the Oakland Activities Association and the newly built South Lyon East. [1]
The Kensington Runestone is a slab of greywacke stone covered in runes that was discovered in Western Minnesota, United States, in 1898. Olof Ohman, a Swedish immigrant , reported that he unearthed it from a field in the largely rural township of Solem in Douglas County .
Kent Lake is mostly located in Oakland County, Michigan in Milford and Lyon Townships, with a small portion including its dam located in Green Oak Township, Livingston County, Michigan. [ 2 ] Conceived as a large recreational lake (it was a 70-acre (28 ha) natural lake prior to impoundment ), Kent Lake was dammed in 1946 by the Huron-Clinton ...
Willie Lee Thrower Sr. (March 22, 1930 – February 20, 2002) was an American professional football quarterback. Born near Pittsburgh in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Thrower was known as "Mitts" because of his large hands and arm strength, which stood in contrast to his 5' 11" frame.
Huron-Clinton Metropark Logo. The Huron–Clinton Metroparks system is a regional park system in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan.The park system includes 13 parks totaling more than 24,000 acres (97 km 2) arranged along the Huron River and Clinton River forming a partial ring around the metro area.
The Village of Lake Orion was served by trains on the Michigan Central Railroad from 1872 to 1976, and the Detroit United Railway interurban system from 1899 to 1931. Each service had its own track and depot, although both were named "Orion" and in the village near the intersection of M-24 and Flint Street. [12]