The Kingston Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Koylton (1863), Newbury (1867) and Wilmot (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 286 in 19002020 census: 1,476155 years
How historic is Kingston Township?
B−
More historic than 47% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Kingston Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Kingston Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Kingston Township is more historic than 47% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Kingston Township’s overall grade.
Few Michigan towns list much on the Register (a typical Michigan town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Kingston Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (32% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.5 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Kingston Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Koylton
1863–1867
Newbury
1867–1871
Kingston
1871–today
Wilmot
1883–1943
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KingstonWilmot
Gone or out of use
Kingston StationlocaleWilmont Post Officepost officeWilmont Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Kingston Township
Saint Michael's Catholic
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Kingston Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Kingston Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Kingston is a village in Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Kingston had a population of 399. The village is located at the southern edge of Kingston Township and is partially within Koylton Township.
Its first post office opened in 1871. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,574 to 1,476 (-6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Kingston Township, 1863 to 1963
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kingston Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1963Kingston sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Kingston Township.
People over time
Kingston Township, census by census
Between 286 and 464 people in every census since 1900.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Kingston Township’s Wikipedia page.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Kingston Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Kingston Township rank for history?
Kingston Township is more historic than 47% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Kingston Township?
26% of Kingston Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.5 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1973.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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