BlockKingston, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Kingston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60145. The Survey maps it on the Kirkland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1918 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
7,479 words on this townshipHistory of DeKalb County, Illinois, published 1868 names this settlement in its chapter on Kingston Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In April, 18(32, Mr. George Magenety was killed by being shot by Asa Baldwin, a wealthy money-loaner of Belvidcre, while resisting Baldwin's attempt to take possession of some property conveyed to him by a chattel mortgage. Baldwin was arrested for murder, and lay in jail for many months ; but obtained a change of venue to Belvidere, and wras finally acquitted.
Passage source: History of DeKalb County, Illinois, published 1868.
Among the dead of the war from this town were three sons of John Russell. They were : Wesley Dickson Eussell, of Company F, in the Thirteenth Infantry, R. W. Russell, of Company K, Forty-Second Illinois Infantry, who was wounded at Stone River, remained seven days on the battle-field, was then re-taken, and died of his wounds, and David F. Russell, of the Ninety-Fifth Infantry, who died at Yicksburg. Richard W. Atwood, of Company C, in the One Hundred and Fifth, lost an arm and leg at Dalton, Georgia, and after intense suffering, died two weeks after. Ira G. Burzell, of Company L, Eighth Cavalry, was drowned in the Mississippi. Arba Lankton, of the Ninety-Fifth, died in hospital at Vicksburg.
Passage source: History of DeKalb County, Illinois, published 1868.
Among the many wealthy farmers of the town, Messrs. N. Saum and John and James Russell have been long noted for the encouragement they have given to the Agricultural Societies, and for their noble herds of high-bred Devon cattle. There are three good churches in Kingston, at which public worship has for many years been regularly maintained by the Methodist denomination.
Passage source: History of DeKalb County, Illinois, published 1868.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Kingston Township - it names this place 11 more 11 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kingston: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floit Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingston in 4 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | A 16 inch diameter tree was broken west of Kingston. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Sheet metal roofing material was blown off a farm building. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Numerous tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Kingston | - | Creeks were out of their banks with 2 to 3 feet of water over some roads. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colvin Park | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Genoa | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Kirkland | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wilkinson | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Five Points | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Clare | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Charter Grove | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| New Lebanon | 8.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 421885. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.