Kingston is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in Madison County,

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

, United States. The community is part of the

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Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located at the junction of US Route 421,

Kentucky Route 499 Kentucky Route 499 (KY 499) is a state highway in Estill and Madison County, Kentucky that runs from U.S. Route 25 south of Richmond to Kentucky Route 89 northwest of Irvine Irvine may refer to: Places On Earth Antarctica *Irvine G ...

and Kentucky Route 3376. Kingston is also home to Kingston Elementary School

History

Kingston was involved in the

Battle of Richmond The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, fought August 29–30, 1862, was one of the most complete Confederate victories in the American Civil War by Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against Union major general William "Bull" Nelson's forces, whic ...

during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

References

Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{MadisonCountyKY-geo-stub