[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), all land.

[7] At the time of its founding, Helen, later Kingston, was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, in Indian Territory.

The early settlement included a general store, cotton gin, and a schoolhouse that doubled as a church.

[9] Several of the older buildings in Kingston were torn down in the late 1980s for redevelopment of the area for a new hardware store and lumberyard.

The oldest remaining building in Kingston, which originally was the town bank, has been adapted for retail use as Dee's Creative Corner.

Through their donations and fund raisers, the Alumni Association helps to send local students to college.

Notable figures include country music singer, Dale Lay, and rock and roll drummer Greg Upchurch.

Lay released several country albums, several radio singles, and performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.

For several years, Lay raised money to buy new instruments and band uniforms at his annual benefit concert.

[citation needed] Dale’s son, Anthony Lay, is a nationally syndicated radio personality.

[citation needed] Greg Upchurch began his rock career with the band Puddle of Mudd.