Kingsley (/kɪŋzli/) is a village in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The village is located within Paradise Township and is part of the Traverse City metropolitan area.

[4] Kingsley built a station for the new railroad, which happened to run through his property.

[5] In 1874, Brownson, a practicing medic from Steuben County, New York, bought land adjacent to that of Kingsley.

In July 1882, Brownson platted his land into a new settlement he called Paradise.

[11] As of the census of 2020, there were 1,431 people, 514 households and 604 total housing units in the village.

21.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

19.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[17] Kingsley's sports teams are known as the "Stags", and their official colors are orange and black.

Kingsley is home to a variety of different businesses and stores that make up a fair amount of the town.

This auto shop is open nine to five Monday to Friday vary similar to other personal owned businesses in Kingsley.

[19][20] Also located in Kingsley is Brownson Memorial Park, included in the park is barbecue grills, picnic tables, seating, splash pad and band shell used for public speaking and music festivals, The park has been home to a playground but was recently torn out due to a half a million dollar grant for a new bigger one to be put in.

This civic center is home to baseball and soccer fields, Tennis and Basketball courts, a skating rink, a pavilion and two, eighteen hole disc golf courses.

Kingsley is also home to a growing farmers market found in the Brownson Memorial Park.

East of Kingsley, M-113 has a junction with the shorter M-186, another short east–west route that can be used to access Fife Lake.