The Municipality of Kingston is a beautiful, tree-lined, bedroom community
located in the heart of northeastern Pennsylvania. Kingston was first settled
in 1771 and officially incorporated as a borough in 1857.
Kingston is a Home Rule Municipality governed by an executive mayor and
a seven-member legislative council. Council Members are elected to four-
year terms, which are staggered. The Mayors term is also four years. A full-
time administrator is responsible for the daily management of the community.
The population was 13,855 at the 2000 census.
