The plantation was named for Judge Sanford Kingsbury, a landowner.

[5] The reorganization as a plantation was validated by the state legislature in 1895.

[6] As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 9 people, 6 households, and 1 family residing in the plantation.

There were 139 housing units at an average density of 3.1 per square mile (1.2/km2).

3 households were made up of individuals, and 3 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.