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Kingston is a city in Ulster County.
It is the county seat.
The community was named after a town in England.
[NOTE: This is not the only community in New York named Kingston. For links to other places called Kingston, NY, see the Duplicate Names box at right.]
The latitude of Kingston is 41.926N. The longitude is -73.997W.
It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 197 feet.The estimated population, in 2003, was 23,294.
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$31,594National
$41,994
Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census BureauFor more census details and comparisons, see our Kingston demographic reports
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Grew as the terminus of the Delaware & Hudson Canal, which carried coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River.
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17% of Kingston residents report German ancestry, and 20% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Kingston ancestry & family history guide.
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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Kingston was $18,662, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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20% of Kingston residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.
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- Bluestone Festival - Oct. 7, 2007
- Irish Festival - Sept. 2, 2007
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Kingston festival web sites:
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Historic districts in Kingston include Chestnut Street Historic District, Clinton Avenue Historic District (Kingston), Kingston Stockade District, Rondout-West Strand Historic District ... View historic districts
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Median rent in Kingston, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $520. Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $989.
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Libraries in Kingston include Kingston Library, Ulster Public Library ... View libraries
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Newspapers in Kingston include Kingston Daily Freeman
TV stations in Kingston include WRNN.
National Public Radio programming is carried locally by WAMK.
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Ulster County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Kingston political report.
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The average commute time for Kingston workers is 20 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
A total of 10 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Kingston between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
This is a rate of 4.3 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was slightly higher than the national norm.
Hotels in Kingston include Holiday Inn-Kingston, Sky Top Motel, Super 8.
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