Kingston, New York
Kingston is a small city in Ulster County, New York. It is the county seat of Ulster County. It is 91 miles (146 km) north of New York City and 59 miles (95 km) south of Albany. The city's metropolitan area is grouped with the New York metropolitan area by the United States Census Bureau.[3] In 2010, 23,893 people lived there.
Kingston | |
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City | |
 Stockade District | |
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_highlighted.svg.png.webp) Location in Ulster County and the state of New York. | |
| Coordinates: 41°55′30″N 74°0′00″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Ulster |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Steve Noble (D) |
| • Common Council | Members' List |
| Area | |
| • City | 8.77 sq mi (22.71 km2) |
| • Land | 7.48 sq mi (19.38 km2) |
| • Water | 1.29 sq mi (3.33 km2) |
| Elevation | 476 ft (145 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 23,893 |
| • Estimate (2018)[2] | 22,950 |
| • Density | 3,102.11/sq mi (1,197.68/km2) |
| • Metro | 177,749 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 12401-12402 |
| Area code(s) | 845 |
| FIPS code | 36-39727 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979119 |
| Website | City of Kingston, New York |
People
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1870 | 6,315 | — | |
| 1880 | 18,344 | 190.5% | |
| 1890 | 21,261 | 15.9% | |
| 1900 | 24,535 | 15.4% | |
| 1910 | 25,908 | 5.6% | |
| 1920 | 26,688 | 3.0% | |
| 1930 | 28,088 | 5.2% | |
| 1940 | 28,589 | 1.8% | |
| 1950 | 28,817 | 0.8% | |
| 1960 | 29,260 | 1.5% | |
| 1970 | 25,544 | −12.7% | |
| 1980 | 24,481 | −4.2% | |
| 1990 | 23,095 | −5.7% | |
| 2000 | 23,456 | 1.6% | |
| 2010 | 23,893 | 1.9% | |
| 2018 (est.) | 22,950 | [2] | −3.9% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
Media
- Newspapers
- Kingston-based: Daily Freeman, Kingston Times
- Outside Kingston: Art Times, Poughkeepsie Journal, Times-Herald Record (Middletown)
- See also: List of newspapers in New York in the 18th-century: Kingston
- Television: Time Warner Cable Kingston Area Public-access television cable TV channel 23
- Radio
- Kingston-based: WGHQ (920 AM), WKNY (1490 AM), WKXP (94.3 FM)
- Outside Kingston: WFGB (89.7 FM), WBPM (92.9 FM, Saugerties), WKZE-FM (98.1, Salisbury, Connecticut/Rhinebeck, New York), WDST (100.1 FM, Woodstock).
- Magazines: Chronogram, Trends Journal
- Music festivals: O+ Festival
- Blogs: Kingston Creative, and Kingston Happenings
References
- "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 5, 2017.
- "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved July 28, 2019.
- New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 28, 2014.
- "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
Other websites
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Kingston (New York)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingston, New York.
- City of Kingston, New York Archived 2015-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
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