Kingston, Illinois

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Kingston is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 980 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Government
4 Schools
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Kingston is located at 42°5′60″N, 88°45′43″W (42.099945, -88.761913)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 980 people, 328 households, and 251 families residing in the village. The population density was 378.4/km² (976.9/mi²). There were 338 housing units at an average density of 130.5/km² (336.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.43% White, 0.10% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 2.35% from other races, and 0.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.53% of the population.

There were 328 households out of which 46.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.0% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families. 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.37.

In the village the population was spread out with 33.6% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 37.6% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 105.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $55,179, and the median income for a family was $58,929. Males had a median income of $43,000 versus $28,083 for females. The per capita income for the village was $21,432. About 4.2% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 17.6% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Government

Kingston is governed by a part-time Village President and six-member Board of Trustees. The president and trustess serve four-year terms and are elected at large. The terms of the trustees are staggered such that half the Board is elected every two years. The current Board of Trustees is as follows (expiration of current term indicated in parentheses):

John Munro, Village President (2009)
Jim Baenziger (2007)
Jennifer Butler (2007)
John (Jack) Fischer (2009)
Joe Hengels (2009)
Steve Nece (2007)
Robert Ruehl, Jr. (2009)

The Village Clerk and Village Treasurer are appointed by the Board of Trustees. The current Clerk is Kristin Hillner and the current Treasurer is Taunya Fischer.

[edit] Schools

Kingston is part of the Genoa-Kingston (GK) School District with nearby Genoa. The district has 3 Public Elementary schools: Davenport Elementary School (Grades K-1) and Genoa Elementary School (Grades 4-5) located in Genoa and Kingston Elementary School (Grades 2-3) located in Kingston. In addition, Genoa is home to the Genoa-Kingston Middle School (Grades 6-8) and the Genoa-Kingston High School (Grades 9-12). The GK School District's team name is the Cogs, an acronym created from the phrase "Community of Genoa Schools" that also evokes a feeling of teamwork not unlike the cogs in a machine.