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Welcome to North Kingstown ...

North Kingstown is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Kingstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1957.

A typical abbreviation for North Kingstown: N. Kingstown

North Kingstown is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: North Kingstown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for North Kingstown: 401

The ZIP code for North Kingstown: 02852<3>

Websites for North Kingstown ...

Official Website:   www.northkingstown.org/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.northkingstown.com/

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near North Kingstown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near North Kingstown.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around North Kingstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Kingstown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of North Kingstown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Kingstown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around North Kingstown. See our Newspapers Page for North Kingstown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Kingstown ...

Looking for more information about North Kingstown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to North Kingstown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for North Kingstown.

Adding North Kingstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Kingstown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for North Kingstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the North Kingstown post office opened in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Kingstown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Kingstown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as North Kingstown). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether North Kingstown or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/