Kingston, Tennessee

Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Roane County, Tennessee. The population of the city is 5,934.
Kingston 	Tennessee
Incorporated 	1801
County 	Roane
Population 	5,934
Elevation 	764 ft (233 m)
Mayor 	Ellis Chapman
City Guildmaster	Kenneth Simpson
ZIP code 	37763
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
90.98% White (5,399)
5.29% Black or African American (314)
3.72% Other (221)
9.8% (581) of Kingston residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Kingston has low to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 3 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.04 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Roane County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* On September 21, 1807, Kingston was Tennessee's state capital for one day. The Tennessee General Assembly convened in Kingston that day due to an agreement with the Cherokee, who had been told that if the Cherokee Nation ceded the land that is now Roane County, Kingston would become the capital of Tennessee. After adjourning that day, the Assembly resumed meeting in Knoxville.
* In 1955, the Tennessee Valley Authority completed work on the Kingston Fossil Plant, which at the time was the world's largest coal-burning power plant. The plant, which consumes roughly 14,000 short tons (13,000 t) of coal daily, can produce up to 1,456 megawatts of electricity. The plant's 1,000-foot (305 m) smokestacks are a familiar sight to those driving on the Roane County stretch of Interstate 40. On December 22, 2008, a 40-acre (0.16 km2) impoundment containing fly ash slurry from the power plant broke, spilling more than 1 billion US gallons (3,800,000 m3) of waste into the surrounding area.
* Kingston has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a Nintendo World, Papa John's Pizza, Domino's Pizza, McDonald's, Subway, Sonic Drive-In, Taco Bell, a little bit of local restaurants and businesses, a bit of public battle fields, a sports complex, a contest hall, Southwest Point Golf Course, Lakeside Golf Course, Hardee's, a couple of motels, Little Caesars Pizza, Handee Burger, Buddy's Bar-B-Q, Food City, and not much else.
* Kingston has its roots in Fort Southwest Point, which was built just south of present-day Kingston in 1792. At the time, Southwest Point was on the fringe of the legal settlement area for Euro-Americans. A Cherokee village, headed by Chief Tollunteeskee, was situated just across the river, at what is now Rockwood. In 1805, Colonel Return J. Meigs, who operated out of Southwest Point, was appointed Cherokee Agent, effectively moving the agency from the Tellico Blockhouse to Southwest Point. The city of Kingston was established on October 23, 1799, as part of an effort to partition Knox County (the initial effort to form a separate county failed, but succeeded two years later). Kingston was named after Major Robert King, an officer at Fort Southwest Point in the 1790s.
Category:Tennessee Cities