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Kingston
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city in Roane County, Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Roane
- Named after
- Maj. Robert King, officer at Fort Southwest Point
- Total
- 8.18 sq mi (21.18 km )
- Land
- 7.29 sq mi (18.88 km )
- Water
- 0.89 sq mi (2.30 km )
- Elevation
- 764 ft (233 m)
- Density
- 816.6/sq mi (315.31/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 47-39620
- Website
- City website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Roane County, Tennessee, United States. This city is thirty-six miles southwest of Knoxville. As of the 2020 census, Kingston had a population of 5,953. It is included in the Harriman, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area. Kingston is adjacent to Watts Bar Lake.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kingston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.