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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Kingston Center. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Kingston Center to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kingston Center, please Contact Us.

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 Center (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 Center. 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.

Name Variations for Kingston Center ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Kingston Center: Kingston Ctr. (or less commonly used: Kingston Cen., Kingston Cent. or Kingston Cntr.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Kingston Center is historic, it would have been located within present day Delaware County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Delaware County: Franklin, Knox, Licking, Marion, Morrow & Union.

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

  • Delaware County     (The home county of Kingston Center)
  • Crawford County
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston Center, with the one closest to Kingston Center listed first.
    • Westerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerville
      • Westerville is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,452 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westerville <4>
    • Central College ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Flint ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flint. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
      • Flint is located in Franklin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Flint
      • From Kingston Center to Flint
    • Huber Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huber Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
      • Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
    • Pinhook ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinhook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
      • Pinhook is located in Franklin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pinhook
      • From Kingston Center to Pinhook
    • Blendon Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blendon Corner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
      • Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
      • Blendon Corner has also been known as:
      • Blendon Four Corners
      • Blendon
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Blendon Corner
      • From Kingston Center to Blendon Corner
    • Gould Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Minerva Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minerva Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
      • Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
    • New Albany
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
      • New Albany is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
    • Worthington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Worthington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
      • Worthington is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,760 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Worthington <4>
    • Riverlea
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverlea have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverlea
      • Riverlea is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
    • Gahanna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gahanna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahanna
      • Gahanna is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,531 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gahanna <4>
    • Oakland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Knox County
  • Licking County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston Center, with the one closest to Kingston Center listed first.
    • Green ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Green. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
      • Green is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Green
      • From Kingston Center to Green
    • Hartford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
      • Lock is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lock
      • From Kingston Center to Lock
    • Johnstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Beech ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beech. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
      • Beech is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Beech
      • From Kingston Center to Beech
    • Cokesbury ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • New Way ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Way. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
      • New Way is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to New Way
      • From Kingston Center to New Way
    • Alexandria
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ash ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ash. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
      • Ash is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ash
      • From Kingston Center to Ash
    • Highwater
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Summit Station
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston Center, with the one closest to Kingston Center listed first.
    • Plain City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plain City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
      • Plain City is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,761 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plain City <4>
    • Amity
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chuckery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston Center, with the one closest to Kingston Center listed first.
    • Waldo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Prospect
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
      • Prospect is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <4>
    • Newmans
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Caledonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caledonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
      • Caledonia is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caledonia <4>
    • Green Camp
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
      • Green Camp is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
    • Marion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Martel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Ruth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
      • Ruth is located in Marion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ruth
      • From Kingston Center to Ruth
    • New Bloomington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Bloomington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
      • New Bloomington is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
    • Morral
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morral have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
      • Morral is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
  • Morrow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston Center, with the one closest to Kingston Center listed first.
    • West Liberty
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Marengo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marengo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
      • Marengo is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marengo <4>
    • Vails Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bloomfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Fulton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Westfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparta
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Sparta is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <4>
    • Cardington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cardington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardington
      • Cardington is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cardington <4>
    • Shawtown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Chesterville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
      • Chesterville is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterville <4>
    • Edison
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
      • Edison is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edison <4>
    • Mount Gilead
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gilead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
      • Mount Gilead is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Gilead <4>
    • West Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
      • West Point is located in Morrow County
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingston Center, with the one closest to Kingston Center listed first.
    • Bellville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lexington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lexington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
      • Lexington is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,695 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <4>
    • Butler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <4>
  • Union County
  • Wyandot County

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

Cemeteries Near Kingston Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingston Center.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

Kingston Center itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Pagetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pagetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagetown
    • Pagetown is located in Morrow County
  • Berkshire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Kilbourne
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kilbourne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourne
    • Kilbourne is located in Delaware County
  • Alum Creek ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Condit
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Peerless ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peerless. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
    • Peerless is located in Delaware County
    • Peerless has also been known as:
    • Peerless Station
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Peerless
    • From Kingston Center to Peerless
  • Marengo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marengo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
    • Marengo is located in Morrow County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marengo <4>
  • Ashley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Leonardsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Berlin ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Berlin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Berlin is located in Delaware County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Berlin
    • From Kingston Center to Berlin
  • Galena
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Galena is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <4>
  • West Berlin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Vans Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rich Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
      • Rich Hill is located in Knox County
    • Bloomfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Kingston Center ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingston Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingston Center, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kingston Center.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Center:

The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingston Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3248, Longitude: -82.8805       In this case, the coordinates for Kingston Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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