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Kingston, Tennessee

Kingston is a city in and the county seat[7] of Roane County, Tennessee, United States. This city is thirty-six miles southwest of Knoxville. It had a population of 5,934 at the 2010 United States census,[8] and is included in the Harriman, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area. Kingston is adjacent to Watts Bar Lake.

Not to be confused with Kingsport, Tennessee.

Kingston, Tennessee

United States

Tennessee

Roane

1792

1799[2]

Maj. Robert King, officer at Fort Southwest Point[3]

8.18 sq mi (21.18 km2)

7.29 sq mi (18.88 km2)

0.89 sq mi (2.30 km2)

764 ft (233 m)

5,953

816.60/sq mi (315.31/km2)

UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))

UTC-4 (EDT)

37763

865

47-39620[6]

City website

Newspapers[edit]

Roane County News

(1823–1885), Union Army colonel and state senator

Robert K. Byrd

(1841–1913), U.S. Army general and Medal of Honor recipient

George Lewis Gillespie, Jr.

(1852-1910), one of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers

Jennie Jackson

(1872–1934), U.S. congressman and attorney, known for defending Harry Thaw at his murder trial

Martin W. Littleton

(1882–1961), U.S. congressman and Speaker of the House

Sam Rayburn

(1917–1969), University of Tennessee football coach

Bowden Wyatt

Professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Wil Crowe

Media related to Kingston, Tennessee at Wikimedia Commons

Official website

— information on local government, elections, and link to charter

Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Kingston