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History · Kingston

Kingston’s post office opened in 1871, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1900.

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43%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Kingston began

When was Kingston founded?

1871

The Kingston post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 286 in 19002020 census: 399155 years
Founding year: the first Kingston post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Kingston’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Kingston are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Kingston’s homes were built before 1944.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kingston’s history is told.

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The story so far

Kingston, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Kingston 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 440 to 399 (-9%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Kingston, decade by decade

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On the map

Kingston on the map, 1963 to 1990

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kingston. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Kingston on the 1963 USGS mapKingston on the 1984 USGS mapKingston on the 1990 USGS map1963Kingston 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.

People over time

Kingston, census by census

01002003004005001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 464

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’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Kingston’s history

What year was Kingston founded?

The Kingston post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.