Our Genealogy Helper
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 West 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 West 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.
Name Variations for West Kingston ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Kingston: W. Kingston
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Kingston. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Kingston.
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 southeast 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 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.
West Kingston is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of the state's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: New London (CT), Windham (CT), Dukes (MA), Suffolk (NY), Bristol, Kent & Newport.
Below are the counties that are near West Kingston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Kingston:
- Washington County (The home county of West Kingston)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kingston, with the one closest to West Kingston listed first.
- Kingston Station
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kingston Station is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Station
- Kingston
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Curtis Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Curtis Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- South Kingstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Kingstown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,454 people
- Slocum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Slocum is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Usquepaug
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Usquepaug is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usquepaug
- Peace Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peace Dale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Dale
- Rocky Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
- Exeter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Exeter is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Tripps Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tripps Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripps Corner
- Kenyon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kenyon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kingston, with the one closest to West Kingston listed first.
- Bristol
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Annawomscutt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt
- Barrington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
- Barrington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Bristol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
- Coggeshall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coggeshall is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall
- Warren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
- Warren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kingston, with the one closest to West Kingston listed first.
- East Greenwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
- West Greenwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,418 people
- Kitts Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kitts Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner
- Shippee Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shippee Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner
- Spring Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- East Greenwich
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Coventry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coventry is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Cowesett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cowesett is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett
- Quidnick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Quidnick is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick
- Gortons Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gortons Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner
- Apponaug
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Apponaug is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug
- Buttonwoods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buttonwoods is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods
- Newport County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kingston, with the one closest to West Kingston listed first.
- Clarks Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clarks Village is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
- Brenton Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brenton Village is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
- Lawtons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lawtons is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons
- Newport East
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Newport East is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East
- Middletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
- Middletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Melville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Melville is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Prudence Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prudence Island is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island
- Portsmouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Portsmouth is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
- Providence County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kingston, with the one closest to West Kingston listed first.
- Kent ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kent is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Oaklawn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oaklawn is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn
- Garden City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Sockanosset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sockanosset is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset
- Meshanticut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Meshanticut is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut
- Richmond ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Richmond is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Ashland ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Bellefonte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bellefonte is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Clayville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clayville is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
- Cranston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cranston is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
- Knightsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Knightsville is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- New London County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kingston, with the one closest to West Kingston listed first.
- Voluntown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Voluntown is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
- Pawcatuck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Stonington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Stonington is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stonington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,197 people
- Clarks Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Village is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village
- North Stonington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Voluntown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wequetequock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wequetequock is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetequock
- Glasgo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stonington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stonington is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,566 people
- Griswold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Griswold is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
- Mashantucket
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stonington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windham County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kingston, with the one closest to West Kingston listed first.
- Ekonk
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk
- Oneco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sterling is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
- Sterling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Almyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Almyville is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville
- Moosup
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
- Plainfield Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield Village is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village
- Plainfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Central Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Killingly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly
- Wauregan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kingston, with the one closest to West Kingston listed first.
- Acoaxet
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Acoaxet is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoaxet
- Globe Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village
- Central Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Central Village is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village
- Westport Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Westport Point is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Point
- Ocean Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove
- Westport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,097 people
- Fall River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fall River is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
- Flint Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Village is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Village
- Harris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harris is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Seekonk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
- Swansea Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Swansea Center is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Center
- Bowenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowenville is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowenville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Kingston, see our County-by-County Page for West Kingston.
Cemeteries Near West Kingston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West 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 West Kingston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Kingston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Kingston, with the one closest to West Kingston listed first.
- Adams-Sweet Lot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fernwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Potter Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Braman Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold - Shearman Lot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Champlin Lot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Champlin Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sherman Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henry Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (655 more) ...
- Potter Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ray Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Plot
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in South Kingstown.
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Riverside Cemetery - Wakefield
- Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #SK043 <3>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104475 <4>
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that West Kingston had a population of 135 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Kingston, with the one closest to West Kingston listed first.
- Kingston Station
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kingston Station is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Station
- Kingston
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Gould
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Peace Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peace Dale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Dale
- Rocky Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
- Usquepaug
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Usquepaug is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usquepaug
- Kenyon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kenyon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Wakefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wakefield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Carolina
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Carolina is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Shannock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shannock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannock
- Perryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Perryville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Narragansett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Narragansett is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narragansett
- Allenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Kingston. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Kingston.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of West 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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Kingston.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of West Kingston. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of West Kingston and those printed in the larger area surrounding West Kingston.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> of West Kingston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 West Kingston:
- Websites specific to Rhode Island
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bristol County
- Kent County
- Newport County
- Providence County
- New London County
- Windham County
- Bristol County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Kingston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission (RIHCC) has created and maintains a database of cemeteries. More information about the RIHCC can be found on their website: rihistoriccemeteries.org. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 West Kingston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |