Kinston

Kinston
/kin"steuhn/, n.
a city in E North Carolina. 25,234.

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      city, seat (1791) of Lenoir county, east-central North Carolina, U.S. It lies at the head of navigation on the Neuse River, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Goldsboro. Settled as a planters' trading post in 1740 by William Heritage, it was incorporated as Kingston in 1762, named for King George III (George III) of England; in 1784, after the American Revolution, the g was dropped from its name. Richard Caswell, the first governor of North Carolina, lived there and was one of its original trustees, and the town was briefly (1833–34) called Caswell. During the American Civil War the Confederate ironclad gunboat Neuse was sunk there by its crew in 1865 to keep it from being captured by Union forces; its hull, salvaged in 1963, lies on the riverbank, which has been designated a state historic site.

      An important tobacco market and shipping point for farm products, Kinston also has diversified manufactures, including textiles and chemicals. Lenoir Community College was opened there in 1958. Pop. (1990) 25,295; (2000) 23,688.

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