Profile for Kinston, North Carolina, NC

Kinston is on the Neuse River

Former and merged names include:
· Atkins Bank
· Caswell
· Kingston
· Kingstown

The Confederate gunboat C.S.S. Neuse sank here in 1865 and was recovered in 1961

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 260. The number of murders and homicides was 5. The violent crime rate was 11.1 per 1,000 people.

Kinston received national attention for January 2003 factory explosion which killed three workers and injured dozens

Local festivals include:

• Festival on the Neuse - May 3-5, 2007
• Lenoir County Fair - Sept. 17-22, 2007
• Winter Bluegrass Festival - Feb. 16-17, 2007

Sports teams: Indians (minor league baseball)

Historic sites and museums: Caswell Center Museum, Fire Station Museum

Colleges and universities: Lenoir Community College

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

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Archives (1)

Cemeteries (7)

Colleges (1)

Hotels (5)

Libraries (1)

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3% of Kinston residents report German ancestry, and 4% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Kinston ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Kinston
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Post a query on a message board:

• Lenoir County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - NC data
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• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
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• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Kinston was $17,779, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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17% of Kinston residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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Kinston festival dates:

• Festival on the Neuse - May 3-5, 2007
• Lenoir County Fair - Sept. 17-22, 2007
• Winter Bluegrass Festival - Feb. 16-17, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

Kinston festival web sites:

• Lenoir County Fair
• Winter Bluegrass Festival

• ePodunk festival listings
• North Carolina county fairs
• North Carolina festivals (North Carolina tourism department)
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Historic districts in Kinston include Hill - Grainger Historic District, Mitchelltown Historic District, Queen - Gordon Streets Historic District, Trianon Historic District ... View historic districts

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Median rent in Kinston, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $277.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $893.

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Libraries in Kinston include Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library ... View libraries

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Newspapers in Kinston include Free Press

National Public Radio programming is carried locally by WKNS.

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Lenoir County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Kinston political report.

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The average commute time for Kinston workers is 21 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 4 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Kinston between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of 1.7 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.

Hotels in Kinston include Comfort Inn Kinston, Days Inn, Holiday Inn Express Suites Kinston, Howard Johnson Inn, Super 8.

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