Editing Kingston Mines, Illinois (section)

==History==
In the early 20th century, an archeological site of an indigenous village on the north shore of Kingston Lake, [[Illinois River]] was destroyed by the Kingston Lake Gravel Company.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Buis |first=A. R. |date=1944 |title=The Prehistoric Villages and Camp Sites of the Peoria Lake Area |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43579197 |journal=Journal of the Illinois State Archaeological Society |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=9–15 |jstor=43579197 |issn=2469-2824}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Simpson |first=A. M. |date=1951 |title=The Kingston Village Site |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43588535 |journal=Journal of the Illinois State Archaeological Society |volume=2 |issue=2/3 |pages=63–79 |jstor=43588535 |issn=2469-2824}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Poehls |first=R. L. |date=1944 |title=Kingston Lake Site Burials |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43762827 |journal=Journal of the Illinois State Archaeological Society |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=36–38 |jstor=43762827 |issn=2469-2824}}</ref> The Peoria Academy of Science performed some fieldwork in the 1930s.<ref name=":0" />

The original post office and village hall were constructed circa 1880. These facilities were rebuilt in 1953.<ref>https://glasfordil.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1868-to-1968-history-in-its-entirety.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>