Southeast

Kinston

Lenoir County, NC

Population

19,704

Walk Score

80 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$800

Median home value

$101,000

Founded

1762

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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