Kinston City and Lenoir County Links
Kinston, a Great place to call home!
Kinston is a city located in Lenoir County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 23,688. It was the county seat of Dobbs County from 1779 to 1791, and has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791 . It is the home of the Kinston Indians baseball club of the Carolina League. Kinston is served by the Kinston Regional Jetport. Kinston is also the home of the N.C. Global TransPark (GTP), a combined airport and industrial complex developed by the State in Lenoir County.
Historic Grainger Stadium located in downtown Kinston.
Here are some links that may be helpful if you are new to the Kinston area.
The history of Kinston. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinston,_North_Carolina
Salvaged in the 1960s, remnants of the hull of the Neuse can be seen at the CSS Neuse State Historic Site and Governor Richard Caswell Memorial. Image courtesy of the CSS Neuse State Historic Site, Kinston, NC.
Here is a very helpful statistical site especially useful for checking out home values. http://www.city-data.com/city/Kinston-North-Carolina.html
This is a general Kinston information website. http://www.ci.kinston.nc.us/
This is another site that includes historical information as well as modern attractions. http://www.kinstonlc.com/
Kinston was incorporated in 1762 as Kingston, in honor of King George III. The bill to incorporate it was introduced by Richard Caswell, who made his home there and later served as the first Governor of the State of North Carolina from 1776 to 1780. The conclusion of the American Revolutionary War brought a change of name to Kinston in 1784. In 1833 Kinston became Caswell, in honor of the governor, but reverted to Kinston the following year.
Pictured on the left is the interior of one of the hands-on exhibits at the Neuseway Nature Center.