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History · Kingston

Kingston’s post office opened in 1848, and 39% of its homes were built before 1940

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

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Quick answers

How Kingston began

When was Kingston founded?

1848

The Kingston post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 270 in 19302020 census: 281178 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 1951.Deep rootsA post office since 1848: 178 years of Kingston.
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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 first post office opened in 1848. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 326 to 281 (-14%).

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.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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Questions about Kingston’s history

What year was Kingston founded?

The Kingston post office opened in 1848, 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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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). How TownRatings grades history →

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.