Kinston

Lenoir County, NC

Population

19,704

Walk Score

80 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$800

Median home value

$101,000

Founded

1762

Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 19,900 as of the 2020 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.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

Hill-Grainger Historic District · listed 1989
Kennedy Memorial Home Historic District · listed 2009
Kinston Battlefield · listed 2006
Kinston Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 1994
Kinston Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)( Boundary Decrease) · listed 2021
Mitchelltown Historic District · listed 1989
Queen-Gordon Streets Historic District · listed 1989
Trianon Historic District · listed 1989
Tull-Worth-Holland Farm · listed 1992
Wyse Fork Battlefield (Additional Documentation) · listed 2017

Notable landmarks

American Tobacco Company Prizery · listed 2005
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Freight Depot · listed 1989
Baptist Parsonage · listed 1989
Blalock, Robert L., House · listed 1989
Canady, B. W., House · listed 1989
CSS NEUSE (Ironclad Gunboat) · listed 2001
Hotel Kinston · listed 1989
Imperial Tobacco Company Office Building · listed 2017
Jackson, Jesse, House · listed 1971
Kinston Apartments · listed 2004
Kinston Baptist-White Rock Presbyterian Church · listed 1989
Kinston Fire Station-City Hall · listed 1989
Lenoir County Courthouse · listed 1979
Midtown Motor Lodge · listed 2016
Peebles House · listed 1971
Peoples Bank Building · listed 1998
Standard Drug No. 2 · listed 2014
Sumrell and McCoy Building · listed 1989
Wood, Dempsey, House · listed 1971

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