Kingston pa Wedding

Kingston is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, opposite Wilkes Barre. Kingston was incorporated as a borough in 1858. It is part of the greater metropolitan area of the city of Wilkes-Barre. In 1900, 3,846 people lived here; in 1910, 6,449; and in 1940, 20, 679 people lived here. In the census of 2000, the borough of Kingston had a population of 13,855 people.

Near Kingston stood Forty Fort, prominent in the Pennamite-Yankee War and in the Revolution. In the vicinity of this fort occurred, in 1778, the famous Wyoming Massacre, which resulted from a dispute between settlers from Connecticut and other settlers from Pennsylvania.

Kingston is located at 411559N, 755322W (41.266481, -75.889478)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 5.7 km (2.2 mi). 5.5 km (2.1 mi) of it is land and 0.2 km (0.1 mi) of it (2.71%) is water.