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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Kingston (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Kingston. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Kingston is located in Bartow County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bartow County: Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding, Pickens & Polk.

Below are the counties that are near Kingston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kingston:

  • Bartow County     (The home county of Kingston)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
    • Country Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Country Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
    • Cassville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ligon ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ligon is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
    • Euharlee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rodgers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Shellman ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Shellman is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
      • Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
    • Buena Vista
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
    • Adairsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Stilesboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
    • Cartersville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Interchange Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
    • McCallie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • McCallie is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
    • Taylorsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Chattooga County
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
    • Payne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Payne is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Allatoona Pass
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Salacoa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
      • Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
    • Gibson Acres
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
    • Tyson Estates
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
    • Waleska
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Motes Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
    • Kingridge West
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Kingridge West is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingridge West
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,777 people
    • Breeze Hill Estates
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
    • Canton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Holly Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Lebanon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Skyridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
    • Acworth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Logan Trace
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
    • Mitchell Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
    • Mars Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
    • Calumet Woods
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
    • Kennesaw Acres
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
    • Shiloh West
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
      • Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
    • Kennesaw
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Cobb Place Manor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
    • Macland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Noonday
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Noonday is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
      • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
    • Marietta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Powder Springs Chase
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
  • Floyd County
  • Gordon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
    • Plainville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Farmville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sonoraville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
    • Calhoun Ferry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
    • Calhoun
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fairmount
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • New Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • New Town is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Igo ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Igo is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
      • Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
    • Damascus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Sugar Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Ranger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Resaca Ferry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
    • Resaca
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Haralson County
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
    • Carters
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ball Ground
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Wells ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Wells is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
  • Paulding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
    • Braswell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Forrister
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Forrister is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
    • Hanlin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Hanlin is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
    • Country Acres
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
    • New Hope
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • New Hope is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
    • Dallas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hiram
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Home Place Acres
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
    • Indian Rose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
  • Pickens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
    • Ludville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Talmadge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Talmadge is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
    • Jerusalem
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hinton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hinton is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
    • Aragon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Seney
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Seney is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
    • Rockmart
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Grady ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Grady is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
    • Cedartown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Etna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenway ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenway is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Walker County
  • Cherokee County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
    • Grantville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
    • Kirk's Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kingston, see our County-by-County Page for Kingston.

Cemeteries Near Kingston ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingston.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Kingston - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kingston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kingston had a population of 559 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Kingston had a population of 740 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.

  • Murchisons ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Murchisons is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchisons
  • Halls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Halls is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
  • Eves ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Eves is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eves
  • Ligon ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ligon is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
    • Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
  • Cassville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Wilkins ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Wilkins is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
  • Euharlee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bass Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
  • Malbone ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Malbone is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malbone
  • Rodgers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Etowah
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Etowah is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
  • Ladds
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ladds is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladds
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Dykes ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Dykes is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
    • McGinnis ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • McGinnis is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGinnis
    • Stilesboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 518 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kingston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kingston.

Newspapers Published in Kingston ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingston.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingston, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kingston.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Kingston:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kingston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kingston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.