Editing Kingston, Utah

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Kingston, Utah
| settlement_type          = [[Town]]
| nickname                 = 
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| image_caption            = Kingston town office
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| image_map                = Piute County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas Kingston highlighted.svg
| mapsize                  = 260px
| map_caption              = Location in [[Piute County, Utah|Piute County]] and the state of [[Utah]].

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| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Utah]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Utah|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Piute County, Utah|Piute]]

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| established_title        = Settled
| established_date         = 1876
| established_title1       = [[Incorporated town|Incorporated]]
| established_date1        = 1935
| founder                  = Thomas R. King

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| area_total_sq_mi         = 5.40
| area_land_sq_mi          = 5.40
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<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 135
| population_density_km2   = 11.08
| population_density_sq_mi = 28.70

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| utc_offset_DST           = -6
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 1834
| elevation_ft             = 6017
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| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 84743
| area_code                = [[Area code 435|435]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 49-41350<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Kingston''' is a town in [[Piute County, Utah|Piute County]], [[Utah]], United States. The population was 135 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 5.3&nbsp;square miles (13.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

===Climate===
This [[climate|climatic]] region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Kingston has a [[humid continental climate]], abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=861024&cityname=Kingston%2C+Utah%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Kingston, Utah]</ref>

==History==
Kingston is named for Thomas Rice King, who moved from [[Fillmore, Utah|Fillmore]] to [[Piute County, Utah|Piute County]] with his five sons and their families specifically to find a place where they could establish a [[United Order]]. In the 1870s [[Brigham Young]] was encouraging communal living in United Order communities. The King families' United Order functioned from 1876 to 1883. Kingston became an [[incorporated town]] in 1935.<ref name=incorp>{{cite news | title=Kingston Incorporated as a Town | newspaper=Piute County News | date=July 26, 1935 | page=4 | volume=14 | issue=32 | url=http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/piute1/id/54112}}</ref>

The members of the United Order
built the village of Kingston on ten acres of land east of [[Circleville, Utah|Circleville]].

"The town consisted of a central
community building for school, dances, church and
other meetings. A blacksmith shop, [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/outbuilding_types/21198/milk_house/1272671 milk house], bakery, tailor shop, post office, carpenter shop and store
surrounded the meetinghouse. Homes built in like style formed a fort around a ten-acre block. These
first log houses had dirt floors and
roofs. A communal kitchen and dining hall about seventy feet long stood in the center, with a large vegetable garden
close by."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = A History of Piute County|last = Newell|first = Linda King|publisher = Utah State Historical Society; Piute County Commission|year = 1999|isbn = 0-913738-39-5|location = Brigham Young University, Harold B Lee Library|pages = 127}}</ref>

Just east of
Kingston the community had their industrial center in which buildings such as a
flour mill, [[Tanning (leather)|tannery]], sawmill, and woolen mill were located. Isaac Riddle had
previously built a [[burr mill]] in the area, however, it could not meet the needs
of the people and so they built a [[gristmill]] at the mouth of Kingston Canyon.
The community also operated a dairy about 20 miles from Kingston near present-day Antimony.<ref name=":0" />

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1900 = 169
| 1910 = 172
| 1920 = 164
| 1930 = 240
| 1940 = 63
| 1950 = 138
| 1960 = 143
| 1970 = 114
| 1980 = 146
| 1990 = 134
| 2000 = 142
| 2010 = 173
| 2020 = 135
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/ |access-date=January 31, 2023 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 142 people, 47 households, and 38 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 26.7 people per square mile (10.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 59 housing units at an average density of 11.1 per square mile (4.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 98.59% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.70% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.70% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.70% of the population.

There were 47 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, and 19.1% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.50.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.6% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 22.5% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $23,750, and the median income for a family was $27,083. Males had a median income of $16,667 versus $16,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $12,492. There were 22.0% of families and 32.8% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 51.4% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==See also==
{{portal|Utah}}
* [[List of cities and towns in Utah]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Kingston
|North     = [[Marysvale, Utah|Marysvale]]
|Northeast = [[Koosharem, Utah|Koosharem]]<br/>[[Loa, Utah|Loa]]<br/>[[Bicknell, Utah|Bicknell]]
|East      = [[Antimony, Utah|Antimony]]
|Southeast = [[Tropic, Utah|Tropic]]
|South     = [[Bryce Canyon City, Utah|Bryce Canyon City]]
|Southwest = [[Circleville, Utah|Circleville]]
|West      = 
|Northwest = [[Junction, Utah|Junction]]
}}

{{Piute County, Utah}}

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[[Category:Towns in Piute County, Utah]]
[[Category:Towns in Utah]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1876]]
[[Category:1876 establishments in Utah Territory]]