Kingston is a city along the North Fork of the Crow River was settled in 1856 and platted in 1857. A post office was established at Kingston that year, changed to a rural branch through 1907 to 1910, and was reestablished as a community post office in 1954. The town was organized on April 5, 1858, and the name was proposed by George A. Nourse, a lawyer of St. Anthony (Minneapolis). The city in section 22 was platted in 1871 and incorporated as a village on September 13, 1961. Twenty-five other states, and also the Canadian provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick, have villages or cities and townships of that name. State Highway 15 serves as the main route in and out of the community, and Minnesota State Highway 24 is nearby.