Kingston
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borough in central Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Luzerne
- Type
- Home rule (strong executive/appointed manager)
- Mayor
- Jeffrey R. Coslett ( D )
- Total
- 2.20 sq mi (5.71 km )
- Land
- 2.15 sq mi (5.56 km )
- Water
- 0.062 sq mi (0.16 km )
- Elevation
- 545 ft (166 m)
- Density
- 6,219.3/sq mi (2,401.29/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 42-39784
- Website
- kingstonpa .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Kingston
- Official name
- Kingston
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Luzerne County
- Population
- 13349
- Area
- 2.21
- Elevation
- 545
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Form of government
- home rule
- Shares border with
- Pringle
- Official website
- kingstonpa.org
- Image
- Kingston Armory LuzCo PA 3.JPG
- Households
- 5688
- Dialing code
- 570
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- inception
- 1857-01-01
- postal code
- 18704
- Commons category
- Kingston, Pennsylvania
- per capita income
- 31680
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kingston is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the western bank of the Susquehanna River opposite Wilkes-Barre. Kingston was first settled in the early 1770s, and incorporated as a borough in 1857. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,349, making it the most populous borough in Luzerne County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kingston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.