Kingston, Tennessee

Kingston, Tennessee
Kingston, Tennessee
City
	Kingston
	Location of Kingston in Roane County, Tennessee.
	Coordinates: 35°52′51″N 84°30′31″W / 35.88083°N 84.50861°W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Roane
Settled	1792
Incorporated	1799
Named for	Maj. Robert King, officer at Fort Southwest Point
Area
• Total	8.18 sq mi (21.18 km2)
• Land	7.29 sq mi (18.88 km2)
• Water	0.89 sq mi (2.30 km2)
Elevation	764 ft (233 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	5,953
• Density	816.60/sq mi (315.31/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37763
Area code	865
FIPS code	47-39620
Website	City website

Kingston is a city in and the county seat^[7] of Roane County, Tennessee, United States. This city is thirty-six miles southwest of Knoxville. It had a population of 5,934 at the 2010 United States census,^[8] and is included in the Harriman, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area. Kingston is adjacent to Watts Bar Lake.

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^ Tennessee Blue Book, 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.
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^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Kingston city, Tennessee". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2013.