Kingston, Georgia
| Kingston, Georgia | |
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| Coordinates: 34°14′9″N 84°56′41″W / 34.23583°N 84.94472°WCoordinates: 34°14′9″N 84°56′41″W / 34.23583°N 84.94472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Bartow |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2) |
| • Land | 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 702 ft (214 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 659 |
| • Density | 823.8/sq mi (313.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 30145 |
| Area code(s) | 770 |
| FIPS code | 13-43668[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0332152[2] |
Kingston is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, United States. The population was 659 at the 2000 census; the 2005 official estimate listed a population of 868.[citation needed]
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[edit] Geography
Kingston is located at 34°14′9″N 84°56′41″W / 34.23583°N 84.94472°W (34.235749, -84.944648)[3].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all of it land.
- Rome and Cartersville both claim Kingston as part of their "area."[clarification needed][citation needed] Kingston is 11 miles (18 km) from Cartersville, and 12 miles (19 km) from Rome.
[edit] History
Native American tribes once inhabited the area. Mississippian culture were in the vicinity until abrout 1500 AD. Cherokee removal was accomplished locally by 1838. Europeans settlers were moved in as early as 1832, after a land lottery.[4]
On April 12, 1862, James J. Andrews with 18 Ohio soldiers [US] in disguise, and 1 civilian, having seized the locomotive General Big Shanty intending to wreck the Western and Atlantic Railroad, were forced to side track here and wait for the southbound freights to pass. After a long delay "The General" continued north. Pursuing from Big Shanty, William Allen Fuller (Conductor) led a crew which used a push-car and other means and eventually caught the highjackers.[5]
250 Confederate and two Federal soldiers mostly died of wounds, disease and sickness in the Confederate hospitals located here during 1862-1864. These men were wounded in the Battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in the Dalton-Kingston Campaign. The patients were moved to Atlanta in May 1864 to avoid capture by Federals. The hospitals were later used by the Federals. The dead are buried in unmarked graves nearby.[6][7]
Sherman made his headquarters in the Hargis house May 16–19, for reorganization of forces in the campaign that would end at Atlanta. Assuming Johnston's army had moved, from Adairsville, directly on Kingston and the river crossings south, May 18, led Sherman to concentrate his forces here—only to discover that Johnston had gone directly to Cassville where, without making a stand, he retreated to Allatoona May 20. Sherman countered May 23, by moving due south.[8]
On May 18, 1864, Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's A.C. (Army Corps) marched from Adairsville on the road parallel to the Western and Atlantic Railroad enroute to Cass Station. He turned east on this road to join General Polk's and General Hood's Confederate Corps at Cassville which had moved on the direct Adairsville - Cassville road. Federal General Sherman's erred when he assumed that all of Confederate Major General Joseph E. Johnston's army had marched from Adairsville, as Hardee had, to Kingston. This resulted in his ordering his forces concentrated here—discovering later that the Confederate Army was 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east at Cassville and not at the Etowah River south of Kingston.[9]
On May 19 Union Generals Daniel Butterfield and Major General Joseph Hooker (20th A.C.) were headquartered at the house of Confederate Colonel Hawkins F. Price, a state senator who had voted Georgia Secession in 1861. Hooker had been ordered from Adairsville to Kingston, on false reports that Johnston [CS] had retreated there. South of the Price house Hooker discovered that Johnston had gone to Cassville.[10]
On May 19, 1864, The IV Corps, followed by the XIV Corps reached Kingston at 8 a.m. The IVth turned east to Cassville. A division of the XIVth sent to Gillem's bridge, Etowah River, found no retreating Confederates. Johnston's forces were at Cassville, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east. McPherson's XV Corps and XVI Corps, moving south from Barnsley's, camped on Woolley's plantation 2 miles (3.2 km) West. IV Corps, XX Corps and XXIII Corps were at Cassville.[11]
May 19, 1864, McPherson's Army (XVth & XVIth Corps) [US] arched from Barnsley's and camped on the Woolley Plantation. This right wing of Sherman's advance, Kingston to Dallas, crossed the river, heading south, on Woolley's Bridge crossing the Ethowah River, May 23d.[12]
On October 11, 1964, while encamped on the Woolley Plantation, the Ohio soldiers of the XXIIId [US] Corps, voted in a State Election.[13]
In 1864, a road southward from Wooley's Bridge (Etowah River) crossed the road near this point and ran to Van Wert (Rockmart) and Dallas. This was the route of Federal Major General James B. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee (15th and 16th Corps), [US] right wing of forces under Sherman moving from Kingston to the Dallas front, May 23, 24. The church stood at the N.W. angle of the crossroads until another edifice was erected on site of the present structure, .75 miles (1.21 km) eastward.[14]
Sherman's forces in camp to May 23, when advance across the Etowah River began.
The first Decoration, or Memorial Day, was observed in Kingston in late April 1865, and has been a continuous observance here since that day, the only such record held by any community in this Nation.[citation needed] The first Memorial, or Decoration Day, was observed while Federals still occupied this town, flowers being placed on both Confederate and Federal graves that day.[15]
On May 12, 1865, Confederate Brigadier General William T. Wofford surrendered 3000 to 4000 soldiers to Union Brigadier General Henry M. Judah. These were the last significant Confederate regulars to surrender east of the Mississippi.[citation needed] These were mostly Georgians, not paroled in Virginia, North Carolina, and elsewhere. During final negotiations, Gen. Wofford's headquarters were at the McCravey - Johnson residence on Church Street. General Judah's headquarters were at Spring Bank, the home of the Rev. Charles Wallace Howard, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Kingston. Rations were supplied to the Confederate soldiery by the Federal Commissary.[16]
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 659 people, 248 households, and 191 families residing in the city. The population density was 817.3 people per square mile (314.1/km²). There were 287 housing units at an average density of 355.9 per square mile (136.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 68.59% White, 29.59% African American, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 0.76% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.52% of the population.
There were 248 households out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 22.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 20.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the city the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $27,083, and the median income for a family was $36,667. Males had a median income of $28,333 versus $22,353 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,319. About 10.4% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.8% of those under age 18 and 18.6% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Landmarks
- Kingston also has a small museum and several historical landmarks related to both the Civil War, and the Native American tribes which once lived there.
- Kingston Saltpeter Cave, the largest cave in Bartow County used by the Confederate States of America to produce gunpowder during the American Civil War.
List of Kingston area Historic markers:
- Confederate Memorial Day
- Hardee's Corps at Kingston
- Historic Price House
- 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast is the Site of the Thomas V. B. Hargis house
- Kingston Methodist Church. The original Methodist church, with another name at another location, was built in 1845. It was rebuilt in Kingston in 1854, and dedicated by Rev. Lovick Pierce. It was the only church remaining after Sherman's march through Kingston. It opened its doors to all denominations. It also served as Kingston's schoolhouse for many years.[17]
- Old Macedonia Church Organized 1847
- Spring Bank
- Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston[18] The post-war surrender of Confederate Troops took place here.
- The Federal Army at Kingston[19]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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