Kingston, Rhode Island (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Kingston is a village and a census-designated place in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, and the site of the main campus of the University of Rhode Island. Much of the village center is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Kingston Village Historic District.The village was originally called Little Rest, but was renamed Kingston in 1826. It was the county seat for Washington County (formerly Kings County) from 1752 until 1894, when a new courthouse was built in nearby West Kingston. West Kingston is the also the site of the historic 120-year-old Kingston Railroad Station, which is served by Amtrak on its Northeast Corridor.