Kingston
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Kingston is widely accepted as a contraction of the English "King's Town", of which there are many examples. It may refer to:

Australia

  • Kingston, Australian Capital Territory
    Kingston, Australian Capital Territory
    Kingston is the oldest and most densely populated suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb is named after Charles Cameron Kingston, the former Premier of South Australia and minister in the first Australian Commonwealth Government. It is adjacent to the suburbs of...

    , suburb of Canberra
  • Kingston, Norfolk Island
    Kingston, Norfolk Island
    Kingston is the capital of the Australian South Pacific Territory of Norfolk Island. The vice-regal, legislative, administrative and judicial offices are all located in Kingston...

    , capital of the territory
  • Kingston, Queensland
    Kingston, Queensland
    Kingston is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. Kingston is a predominantly residential suburb, with a low mix of commercial and retail areas. It is the home of the Kingston Butter Factory...

    , suburb of Logan City
  • Kingston SE, South Australia
    Kingston SE, South Australia
    Kingston SE is a town approximately 297 km southeast of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, and 44 km from the town of Robe. It is at the southeastern end of Encounter Bay and the Coorong. At the 2006 census, Kingston SE had a population of 1,443.-History:The town was named after...

    , often referred to simply as Kingston
  • Kingston-On-Murray, South Australia
    Kingston-On-Murray, South Australia
    Kingston-On-Murray is a town on the south bank of the Murray River in the Riverland region of South Australia. It was named after Charles Kingston who was Premier of South Australia from 1893-99. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 257....

  • Kingston, Tasmania
    Kingston, Tasmania
    Kingston is a township and region on the outskirts of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Nestled 15 km south of the city between and around several hills, Kingston is the council seat of its wider municipality, the Kingborough Council, and today serves as the gateway between Hobart and the...

    , town south of Hobart
  • Kingston, Victoria
    Kingston, Victoria
    Kingston is a small town in rural Shire of Hepburn in Victoria, Australia. Kingston is located about 15 km from Creswick, just off the Midland Highway and is about 20 km from Daylesford. Kingston's post code is 3364....

    , town near Creswick
  • City of Kingston
    City of Kingston
    The City of Kingston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km from the Melbourne city centre along the north-eastern shorelines of Port Phillip...

    , local government area in Victoria
  • Division of Kingston
    Division of Kingston
    The Division of Kingston is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the far-south metropolitan area of Adelaide. The division was first proclaimed in 1949....

    , federal electoral district covering southern Adelaide suburbs

Canada

  • Kingston, New Brunswick
    Kingston, New Brunswick
    Kingston is a rural Canadian community in Kings County, New Brunswick.Located on the Kingston Peninsula, the village was settled in 1783 by Loyalists at the conclusion of the American Revolution....

  • Kingston, Nova Scotia
    Kingston, Nova Scotia
    Kingston is a village in Kings County on the north bank of the Annapolis River in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada. As of 2001, the population was 3,009....

  • Kingston, Ontario
    Kingston, Ontario
    Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...

    , largest city of this name in Canada

England

  • Kingston, Cambridgeshire
    Kingston, Cambridgeshire
    Kingston is a small village and parish in the East of England region and the county Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. Situated 7 miles to the west of Cambridge, the population at the time of the 2001 census was 214....

  • Kingston, Devon
    Kingston, Devon
    Kingston is civil parish and small scattered village in the South Hams, Devon, England. It is three miles south west of Modbury, and about a mile from the mouth of the River Erme at Wonwell. See the entry for Erme Mouth. In 2001 the population of the parish was 399. It has a small village hall -...

  • Kingston, Isle of Wight
    Kingston, Isle of Wight
    The village of Kingston on Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, is located eight kilometres southwest of Newport in the southwest of the island, an area known as the Back of the Wight.St. James' Church is its parish church....

  • Kingston, Kent
    Kingston, Kent
    Kingston is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.The village is located 5 miles to the south east of the city centre of Canterbury on the edge of the North Downs in countryside designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.The local church, dedicated to Saint...

  • Kingston, Hampshire
  • Kingston, Purbeck, Dorset
  • Kingston, North Dorset
  • Kingston, Milton Keynes
    Kingston, Milton Keynes
    Kingston is a district in the east side of Milton Keynes, in the civil parish of Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow.Kingston District Centre is a large retail development that serves this side of Milton Keynes Kingston is a district in the east side of Milton Keynes, in the civil parish of Kents...

  • Kingston by Ferring
    Kingston by Ferring
    Kingston by Ferring, usually known simply as Kingston, is a small civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It comprises the three settlements of East and West Kingston, and Kingston Gorse and is located between Ferring and East Preston civil parishes, three miles to the west of ...

    , West Sussex
  • Kingston by Sea
    Kingston by Sea
    Kingston by Sea, also known as Kingston Buci, Kingston Bucii or simply Kingston, is a small area in the Adur district of West Sussex, England. Although it is now part of a continuous urban area, its origins lay in an ancient village and parish church between Southwick to the east, Shoreham-by-Sea...

    , West Sussex
  • Kingston near Lewes
    Kingston near Lewes
    Kingston near Lewes is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book and is located two miles south of Lewes on the slopes of the South Downs....

    , East Sussex
  • Kingston on Soar
    Kingston on Soar
    Kingston on Soar is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. It has a population of 239, as of the 2001 census.It has 4 centres of population: the Village, Kingston Hall, New Kingston and Kingston Fields....

    , Nottinghamshire
  • Kingston Seymour
    Kingston Seymour
    Kingston Seymour is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated within the unitary authority of North Somerset, between Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare on the North Somerset Levels. The parish has a population of 338...

    , Somerset
  • Kingston St Mary
    Kingston St Mary
    Kingston St Mary is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated at the southern end of the Quantock Hills north of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district...

    , Somerset
  • Kingston upon Hull
    Kingston upon Hull
    Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

    , East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Kingston upon Thames
    Kingston upon Thames
    Kingston upon Thames is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned and is now a suburb situated south west of Charing Cross. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the...

    , Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
  • Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
    Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
    The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London, England. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Surbiton, Chessington, New Malden and Tolworth. It is the oldest of the three Royal Boroughs in England, the others are Kensington and Chelsea, also in London,...

    , Greater London

United States

  • Kingston, California
    Kingston, California
    Kingston is a former town that is no longer in existence. Originally in Fresno County, until 1909 when Fresno County lands in the vicinity, south of Kings river were transfered to Kings County, California. It was located on the south bank of the Kings River northwest of Hanford at Whitmore's...

    , in Kings County
  • Kingston, Fresno County, California
    Kingston, Fresno County, California
    Kingston is a former settlement, formerly in Fresno County, California. It was located west of Laton. Kingston, California is now in Kings County, California...

  • Kingston, Georgia
    Kingston, Georgia
    Kingston is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, United States. The population was 659 at the 2000 census; the 2005 official estimate listed a population of 868.-Geography:Kingston is located at ....

  • Kingston, Illinois
    Kingston, Illinois
    Kingston is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,164 at the 2010 census, up from 980 at the 2000 census.- History :...

  • Kingston, Louisiana
    Kingston, Louisiana
    Kingston is an unincorporated community in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located approximately 16 miles south of Shreveport near the intersection of Louisiana Highway 175 and Louisiana Highway 5....

  • Kingston, Maryland
    Kingston, Maryland
    Kingston is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. A small community at the head of navigation of the Big Annemessex River, it is located on Maryland Route 413 at the intersection of Kingston Lane...

  • Kingston, Massachusetts
    Kingston, Massachusetts
    Kingston is a coastal town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. According to the 2010 Census, it had a population of 12,629.-History:Before European settlers arrived in Kingston it was within the tribal home to the Wampanoag people...

  • Kingston, Michigan
    Kingston, Michigan
    Kingston is a village in Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 450 at the 2000 census. The village is located at the southern edge of Kingston Township and is partially within Koylton Township.-Geography:...

  • Kingston, Minnesota
    Kingston, Minnesota
    Kingston is a city in Meeker County, Minnesota, along the North Fork of the Crow River. The population was 161 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Kingston, Missouri
    Kingston, Missouri
    Kingston is a city in Caldwell County, Missouri, United States. The population was 287 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Caldwell County.-Geography:Kingston is located at...

  • Kingston, Nevada
    Kingston, Nevada
    Kingston is a small town in Lander County, Nevada. As of 2005, the estimated population of Kingston is 288.-References:...

  • Kingston, New Hampshire
    Kingston, New Hampshire
    Kingston is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population at the 2010 census was 6,025.- History :Kingston was the fifth town to be established in New Hampshire. Originally, it was a part of Hampton, New Hampshire...

  • Kingston, New Jersey
    Kingston, New Jersey
    Kingston is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which has been officially designated as a Village Center by the New Jersey State Planning Commission. The CDP portion, is the area that lies in Middlesex County...

  • Kingston, New York
    Kingston, New York
    Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, USA. It is north of New York City and south of Albany. It became New York's first capital in 1777, and was burned by the British Oct. 16, 1777, after the Battles of Saratoga...

    , original capital of the state of New York
  • Kingston, Ohio
    Kingston, Ohio
    Kingston is a village in Ross County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,032 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kingston is located at ....

  • Kingston, Oklahoma
    Kingston, Oklahoma
    Kingston is a town in Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,390 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kingston is located at ....

  • Kingston, Pennsylvania
    Kingston, Pennsylvania
    Kingston is a municipality located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the Susquehanna River opposite Wilkes Barre. Kingston was incorporated as a borough in 1857. Kingston has adopted a home rule charter which became effective in January 1976. It is part of the greater metropolitan...

  • Kingston, Rhode Island
    Kingston, Rhode Island
    Kingston is a village and a census-designated place in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, and the site of the main campus of the University of Rhode Island. Much of the village center is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Kingston Village Historic...

    • Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island)
      Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island)
      Kingston Station is located at 1 Railroad Avenue, in West Kingston, Rhode Island. It was built at this location in 1875 by the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, also known as the Stonington Line.-History:...

  • Kingston, Tennessee
    Kingston, Tennessee
    Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Roane County, Tennessee, United States, and is adjacent to Watts Bar Lake. Kingston, with a population of 5,264 at the 2000 United States census, is included in the Harriman, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area....

  • Kingston, Texas
  • Kingston, Utah
    Kingston, Utah
    Kingston is a town in Piute County, Utah, in the United States. The population was 142 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kingston is located at ....

  • Kingston, Washington
    Kingston, Washington
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People

  • Alex Kingston
    Alex Kingston
    Alexandra Elizabeth "Alex" Kingston is an English actress. She is most widely known for her roles as Dr. Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama ER and as River Song in Doctor Who.-Early life and education:...

    , English actress
  • Charles Kingston
    Charles Kingston
    Charles Cameron Kingston, Australian politician, was an early liberal Premier of South Australia serving from 1893 to 1899 with the support of Labor led by John McPherson from 1893 and Lee Batchelor from 1897 in the House of Assembly, winning the 1893, 1896, and 1899 state elections against the...

    , Australian politician
  • Jack Kingston
    Jack Kingston
    One of the counties he represents is Wheeler County.John Heddens "Jack" Kingston is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party.- Early life, education and career:...

    , American politician
  • Kiwi Kingston
    Kiwi Kingston
    Ernie "Kiwi" Kingston was a wrestler and film actor from New Zealand, relatively unknown, but still remembered for his role as the Karloff-like Frankenstein Monster in Hammer's The Evil of Frankenstein . He also appeared in the film Hysteria .-External links:*...

    , Wrestler and actor from New Zealand
  • Kofi Kingston
    Kofi Kingston
    Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah , is a Ghanaian American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kofi Kingston. He is currently signed to WWE and works on its Raw brand where he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Evan Bourne as Air Boom...

    , ring name of Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah, Ghanaian professional wrestler.
  • Maxine Hong Kingston
    Maxine Hong Kingston
    Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese American author and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962. Kingston has written three novels and several works of non-fiction about the experiences of Chinese immigrants living in the United...

    , Chinese-American author
  • Paul Elden Kingston
    Paul Elden Kingston
    Paul Elden Kingston has been the leader of the Mormon fundamentalist Latter Day Church of Christ and the Davis County Cooperative Society in the USA since 1987....

    , leader of the Mormon fundamentalist Latter Day Church of Christ
  • Robert Kingston, United States Army General
  • Russ Kingston
    Russ Kingston
    Russ Kingston is an American film and television actor, editor and filmmaker.Kingston is best known as an actor for such films as I Come with the Rain starring Josh Hartnett, Transmorphers: Fall of Man, Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus, Day of the Dead 2: Contagium and Guyver: Dark Hero.Kingston is...

    , American actor
  • Sean Kingston
    Sean Kingston
    Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:...

    , Jamaican hip hop artist
  • Wendy Kingston
    Wendy Kingston
    Wendy Kingston is a Australian journalist and news presenter.Kingston currently presents Nine Morning News, Nine Afternoon News and news updates on Kerri-Anne.-Career:...

    , Australian newsreader for Nine News
  • William Kingston
    William Kingston
    Sir William Kingston was an English courtier, soldier and administrator. He was the Constable of the Tower of London during much of the reign of Henry VIII. Among the notable prisoners he was responsible for were Queen Anne Boleyn, and the men accused of adultery with her.-Life:He was of a...

    , Constable of the Tower of London
  • William Henry Giles Kingston
    William Henry Giles Kingston
    William Henry Giles Kingston , writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant.-Popularity:His first book, The Circassian Chief, appeared in 1844...

    , English writer

Others

  • HMS Kingston
    HMS Kingston
    Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kingston.* HMS Kingston was a 60-gun fourth rate, launched in 1697, rebuilt in 1719 and 1740 and sold in 1762....

    , several ships of the British Royal Navy, ship of the Canadian Forces
  • Kingston (HM Prison)
    Kingston (HM Prison)
    HM Prison Kingston is a Category B/C men's prison, located in the Kingston area of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.-History:...

    , prison in Portsmouth, England
  • Kingston (band)
    Kingston (band)
    -Early Beginnings:Dan Gibson and Scott Cleary attended the same high school and wrote songs together as teens. Dan met Shohan Hustwick at a youth camp in 2005 and invited her to practice as they wanted to form a band...

    , New Zealand Band
  • Kingston (horse)
    Kingston (horse)
    Kingston was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He won 89 races, the most in the history of the sport of Thoroughbred racing. Of his 138 starts, he was out of the money only on four occasions. He was later inducted into the United States Racing Hall of Fame.-Breeding:He was bred by James R. Keene...

     (1884–1912), American racehorse
  • Kingston class coastal defence vessel, a Canadian ship class of twelve multipurpose patrol boats
  • Kingston Technology
    Kingston Technology
    Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is an American privately held, multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells and supports flash memory products and other computer-related memory products. Headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, USA, Kingston Technology...

    , US maker of memory products

See also

  • Kingston Road (disambiguation)
  • Kingston Bridge (disambiguation)
  • Kingstone (disambiguation)
  • Kington (disambiguation)
  • Kingstown (disambiguation)
    Kingstown (disambiguation)
    Kingstown is the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.Kingstown may also refer to:*Kingstown, Maryland, United States*Kingstown, New South Wales, Australia*Kingstown, North Carolina, United States...

  • Kinston (disambiguation)
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