Kingston, human settlement in Hunt County, Texas, United States of America
Kingston is a small unincorporated community in Hunt County, located about ten miles northwest of Greenville along U.S. Highway 69. It sits on the historic Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad line, with Hickory Creek nearby and the Cowleach Fork of the Sabine River running less than half a mile to the south.
Kingston was founded in 1880 when the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad was built from Denison to Greenville. Nick Hodges donated the land for the new community and named it after Kingston, Georgia, where he had surrendered during the Civil War.
Kingston is easily accessible via U.S. Highway 69 and is only three miles from Celeste. The area is primarily rural, so visitors should expect few modern amenities and plan a visit as a historical exploration rather than as a current town tour.
Kingston was also known by the alternate name WhyNot, and its development was shaped by a railroad decision that led to the founding of Celeste when the community refused to pay a bonus fee to reroute the line. Today the area reflects this choice, with the original town shrinking as the nearby newer settlement grew.
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