Kingston is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States.

The community takes its name from the sawmills plus “kill”, the Dutch word for creek.

[3] On January 1, 1765, William Legg bought around 100 acres of land lying on both sides of the Saw Kill.

He continued the milling operations and denied requests of people to use the land for quarrying.

Gaddis, needing money to rebuild, gave permission for quarrying bluestone on the Saw Mill creek ledge.

The extensive quarrying moved the falls that were located by the mill back 300 feet.

Bluestone quarrying in the area increased in 1828 when the Delaware and Hudson Canal was being built.

[5] Bluestone was used to pave sidewalks in New York City, Albany, and Kingston and was shipped all over the world.

Entrepreneurs bought up the rocky ground and brought unskilled immigrants, mostly Irish, upriver from Manhattan.

The scenic beauty and trout fishing in the Saw Kill and other similar creeks is part of what attracted people to the area.

23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.