Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Kingston, WA

Kingston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, on the shores of Appletree Cove and Puget Sound.

Kingston was founded in 1853 by Benjamin Bannister as Appletree Cove, and by 1880 it had become a lumber town, a role it kept until its mill closed in the early 20th century.

The name Kingston evolved from "King's Town": logger Michael King bought a cabin on the cove in 1878 and housed his ten-man, ten-oxen logging crew in shacks along the shore, which locals jokingly called King's Town.

The Kingston townsite was platted on April 24, 1890, by C.C. Calkins and Samuel B. Brierly, and Calkins promoted it as a resort he called "the Monterey of Washington."

Kingston is nicknamed the "Little City by the Sea" and serves as the northern gateway to the Kitsap Peninsula and the social and economic center of the peninsula's north end.

The 2020 census counted 2,515 people in the Kingston CDP, up from 2,099 in 2010; the 2000 census counted 1,611 people in 685 households.

Kingston is home to a major Washington State Ferries terminal, with auto and passenger ferries crossing Puget Sound to Edmonds in about 30 minutes on the Edmonds–Kingston route along State Route 104.

Passenger-only Kitsap Fast Ferries service between Kingston and Seattle began in November 2018.

Public education in Kingston is provided by the North Kitsap School District, and local schools include Kingston High School, Kingston Middle School, and Gordon and Wolfle elementary schools.

The Soundgarden song "Taree" is named after a neighborhood in Kingston.