18 Facts About Kingston Massachusetts

Originally part of Plymouth, Kingston Massachusetts was first settled by Europeans shortly after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in 1620.

Kingston Massachusetts was first established as Plymouth's northern precinct in 1717 upon the creation of First Parish Kingston Massachusetts, now a Unitarian Universalist church in the town's center.

Kingston Massachusetts's borders were carved out of neighboring towns Plymouth, Duxbury, Plympton and Pembroke, all of which were incorporated before Kingston Massachusetts.

Kingston Massachusetts is home to the longest continuously run boat yard in North America, now named the Jones River Landing.

Tenure of the Independence in the Kingston Massachusetts Navy was short, however; the ship was captured in battle off the coast of Nova Scotia by HMS Hope and HMS Nancy.

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Kingston Massachusetts is home to the first co-op store in North America, which was closed when the Silver Lake Post Office shuttered operations in 1954.

Kingston Massachusetts is bordered by the town of Pembroke to the north, Duxbury to the northeast, Plymouth to the south, Carver to the southwest, and Plympton to the west.

Kingston Massachusetts is approximately 18 miles southeast of Brockton and 35 miles south-southeast of Boston.

Kingston Massachusetts is the site of Gray's Beach, in a neighborhood called Rocky Nook, just north of the Plymouth town line.

The Kingston Massachusetts terminus is located just off Route 3, north of the mall.

Kingston Massachusetts is located on the 42nd parallel, recognized by a roadside memorial on Loring Street near the Bay Farms area.

Kingston Massachusetts operates under the open town meeting form of government, led by a town administrator and a board of selectmen.

The Kingston Massachusetts Public Library is located just across the street from the old town hall, and is a part of the Old Colony Library Network.

Kingston Massachusetts is a member of the Silver Lake Regional School District along with Halifax and Plympton.

Kingston Massachusetts is home to the private Roman Catholic Sacred Heart School.

Kingston Massachusetts is covered in both the Boston and Providence, Rhode Island media markets, receiving WCVB, WBZ, WBTS, and WFXT news from Boston.

Since, the Kingston Massachusetts Reporter had been covering the local news since 1984, until it stopped printing in August of 2022.

Kingston Massachusetts is still currently covered in print media by the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, The Patriot Ledger, and the Brockton Enterprise.