The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusKingston is a village in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 281 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Kingston. The unincorporated community of Dalton is near Kingston. The village is named for Kingston, Ontario. The Kingston area is home to a sizable Old Order Amish community, founded in 1977 by people from northern Indiana. The Kingston Amish population is estimated at 2,595.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 326 to 281 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1951.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Kingston yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Kingston’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kingston’s history is told.
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2000
CommonsKingston Wisconsin Post Office2013
CommonsKingston Wisconsin Mill Pond Public Library2013
CommonsKingston Wisconsin Former Village Hall Fire Department now …2013
CommonsKingston Wisconsin Downtown Looking South WIS442013
CommonsKingston Wisconsin Downtown Looking North WIS442013
CommonsKingstonWisconsinTheKingstonHouse2007Nothing in Kingston is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kingston has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Methodist Episcopal Church in Marquette, 3.6 miles away.
Kingston and the nearest listed places
Closest to Kingston
Ketchum, Daniel and Caltherine, Cobblestone HouseMarquette · Building3.8miPrinceton Downtown Historic DistrictPrinceton · District10.8miMontello Commercial Historic DistrictMontello · District11.9mi
Vaughn's Hall and Blacksmith ShopMontello · Built 191212miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.