page_title: Kinston, North Carolina
section_title: Post-Reconstruction
hierarchical_section_title: Kinston, North Carolina / History / Post-Reconstruction
context_page_description: Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 21,677 as of the 2010 census. It has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791. Kinston is located in the coastal plains region of eastern North Carolina.
  In 2009, Kinston won the All-America City Award. This marks the second time in 21 years the city has won the title.
context_section_description: Despite the hardships of war and Reconstruction, the population of the city continued to grow. By 1870, the population had increased to 1,100 people and grew to more than 1,700 within a decade.
  During the late nineteenth century, there was expansion into new areas of industry, most notably the production of horse-drawn carriages. Kinston also became a major tobacco and cotton trading center. By the start of the twentieth century, more than five million pounds of tobacco were being sold annually in Kinston's warehouses. Along with the growth in population and industry was a growth in property values. Some parcels increased in value more than fivefold within a twenty-year period.
caption: Kinston's Orion Knitting Mills (1906)
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