Kingston is an unincorporated community located in Hunt County, Texas, United States.

[3] The community originated in 1880 as a depot on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad when tracks were extended from Denison to Greenville.

[3] In return for donated land, the railroad granted to Nick Hodges the naming rights.

He selected "Kingston" in honor of the location where his Confederate unit had surrendered.

[3] By 1890, the population had reached 600 individuals and boasted several commercial and social establishments, but it began to decline after the town refused to give a bonus to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway in order to bring that rail line through the town.