Do you know of Kingston ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Kingston. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Kingston.
Our sources for Kingston (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Kingston other than they indicate that Kingston would be found somewhere in Autauga County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1830 and closed in 1908.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Kingston ...
We found 68 communities that share the name Kingston.
There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Kingston.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 53 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 53 communities, 50 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Kingston, we know of thirteen communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Kings County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Kingston [Kings County].
- Georgia
- Bartow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kingston [Bartow County].
- Muscogee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kingston [Muscogee County].
- Richmond County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kingston [Richmond County].
- Idaho
- Shoshone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Kingston [Shoshone County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Decatur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Kingston [Decatur County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Labette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kingston [Labette County].
- Shawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kingston [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- De Soto Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Kingston [De Soto Parish].
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Tuscola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Kingston [Tuscola County].
- Minnesota
- Meeker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Kingston [Meeker County].
- Mississippi
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Kingston [Adams County].
- Missouri
- Caldwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Kingston [Caldwell County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Kingston [Washington County].
- Montana
- Fergus County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Kingston [Fergus County].
- Nebraska
- Custer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Kingston [Custer County].
- Nevada
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Kingston.
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Kingston [Rockingham County].
- New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Kingston [Middlesex County].
- New Mexico
- Sierra County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Kingston [Sierra County].
- New York
- Ulster County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Kingston [Ulster County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Kingston.
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Kingston.
- Ohio
- Ross County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Kingston [Ross County].
- Oklahoma
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Kingston [Marshall County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Kingston.
- Oregon
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Kingston [Linn County].
- Pennsylvania
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Kingston.
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Kingston [Washington County].
- Tennessee
- Roane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Kingston [Roane County].
- Texas
- Hunt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kingston [Hunt County].
- Utah
- Piute County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Kingston [Piute County].
- Virginia
- Washington
- Kitsap County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Kingston [Kitsap County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Kingston [Fayette County].
- Wisconsin
- Green Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Kingston [Green Lake County].
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- - Tasmania
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- - Victoria
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- - Queensland
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- Scotland
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- England
- - South Cambridgeshire
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- - Caterbury
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- - Purbeck
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- - Isle of Wight
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- - Devon
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- Jamaica
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- Norfolk Island
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- New Zealand
- - Otago
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- - Wellington
- We haven't found the location of this Kingston
- Australia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kingston ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Kingston:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Kingston - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Autauga County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Autauga County.
| Andrew | Huckabee |
| Autauga | |
| Jones Switch | |
| Bozeman | |
| Madera | |
| Clark's Mill | McQueen |
| Cole's Siding | |
| Netezen | |
| Goodson | |
| Spur | |
| Hartwood | |
| Hillside | Tyus |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Kingston could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |