Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Kingston, OK

Kingston is a town in Marshall County in south-central Oklahoma, close to the Texas border and the Lake Texoma area, and it is served by U.S. Route 70 and State Highways 70A, 70B and 32.

Kingston was originally known as Helen, named for Helen Willis, the daughter of J. H. Willis, a prominent early-day resident.

A post office was established at the community on April 4, 1894, under the name Kingston, Indian Territory, taking its name from Jeff King, a longtime local resident.

At the time of its founding, the community lay in Pickens County of the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory, and its early settlement included a general store, a cotton gin, and a schoolhouse that doubled as a church.

The 2020 census counted 1,431 people in Kingston living in 570 households, with a median age of 39.4 years.

Kingston's population peaked at 1,601 residents in the 2010 census before easing back to 1,431 in 2020.

Kingston's High School Alumni Association, founded in 1911 soon after Oklahoma statehood, is the oldest active high school alumni association in the state of Oklahoma, and it raises money to send local students to college.

Kingston High School's football rivalry with nearby Madill High School is known locally as the "Marshall County Super Bowl."

Rock drummer Greg Upchurch, who has played with 3 Doors Down since 2005 after starting out with Puddle of Mudd, developed his percussion skills in the Kingston High School band.

The oldest remaining building in Kingston originally served as the town bank and has been adapted for retail use as Dee's Creative Corner, after several other older buildings were torn down in the late 1980s to make way for a hardware store and lumberyard.