 The name Kensington echoes the name of a district of west London.However, the origins of the name are in dispute, as the Hall sisters (Abbie Hitchcock and Mary Gleason) were originally from Natick, Massachusetts, an area where many of the street and town names resemble English place names, and some of which are echoed in Kensington street names.The area has kept its "small town" community feel ever since it was founded.