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History · Kingston

32% of Kingston’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 62% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 1930.

0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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About Kingston’s history

How historic is Kingston?

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More historic than 62% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
History grade

What drives Kingston’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Kingston is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Kingston’s overall grade.
Founding eraAge sits out for Kingston: no founding date holds up well enough to grade on–Homes built before 194032.4% of homes (±8.3) · typical WI town 12.1% · U.S. 8.4%ANational RegisterNo listings counted · typical WI town 3.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 62%
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Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Kingston’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.3 points).

Founding year: our sources. 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’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.
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Start Kingston’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kingston’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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 Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 281 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Kingston. The unincorporated community of Dalton is near Kingston. The village is named for Kingston, Ontario. The Kingston area is home to a sizable Old Order Amish community, founded in 1977 by people from northern Indiana. The Kingston Amish population is estimated at 2,595.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,064 in 2010, 1,079 in 2020.

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

By decade

Kingston, decade by decade

Today12 recent
Kingston Village Hall2024Kingston Village HallMain Street Sinclair Gas Station2018Main Street Sinclair Gas StationKingston Wisconsin Welcome Sign2013Kingston Wisconsin Welcome SignKingston Wisconsin Village Hall2013Kingston Wisconsin Village HallKingston Wisconsin Sign WIS442013Kingston Wisconsin Sign WIS44Kingston Wisconsin Public School2013Kingston Wisconsin Public SchoolKingston Wisconsin Post Office2013Kingston Wisconsin Post OfficeKingston Wisconsin Mill Pond Public Library2013Kingston Wisconsin Mill Pond Public LibraryKingston Wisconsin Former Village Hall Fire Department now Historical Society2013Kingston Wisconsin Former Village Hall Fire Departmen…Kingston Wisconsin Downtown Looking South WIS442013Kingston Wisconsin Downtown Looking South WIS44Kingston Wisconsin Downtown Looking North WIS442013Kingston Wisconsin Downtown Looking North WIS44KingstonWisconsinTheKingstonHouse2007KingstonWisconsinTheKingstonHouse
On the map

Kingston on the map, 1955 to 1980

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 1955 USGS mapKingston on the 1980 USGS map1955Randolph sheet · 1:62,500

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

010020030019401960198020002020Peak: 346

Between 270 and 346 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Kingston’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Dalton
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Kingston
DarttGreenwoodRock Hill

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

MarquetteIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuffalo1 historic placeBManchesterIts storyB−ScottIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Kingston’s history

How does Kingston rank for history?

Kingston is more historic than 62% 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?

32% of Kingston’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.3 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1974.

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (12), 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.