The township is described as "the gateway to the Back Mountain" (a 118 square mile region in northern Luzerne County).

Philip Shaver married Mary Ann Wickizer at St. James Lutheran Church (in Greenwich, Warren County, New Jersey, on December 12, 1786).

They had 7 children: John Philip, Peter, William G., Elizabeth, James Henry, George, and Asa W. Shaver.

He was forced to carve out a path from a rugged foot trail and among heavily forested lands, now PA 309.

This first mill was on the north branch of Toby Creek and located near the Prince of Peace Church on Main Street in Dallas.

The school was a one-room log cabin on the site of the current Back Mountain Memorial Library on Huntsville Road.

In 1968, the lake, which is the centerpiece of the park, was built to control flooding in the North Branch Susquehanna River.

Kingston Township is densely populated in the southwestern section of the municipality; this is where the villages of Shavertown and Trucksville are located.

Kingston Township is known as "the gateway to the Back Mountain," because two major roadways — PA 309 and West Eighth Street (in the northeastern section of the municipality) — link the Back Mountain (Kingston Township) to the Anthracite Valley (also known as the Wyoming Valley).

Carverton Road runs through the center of Kingston Township and links PA 309 to West Eighth Street.

Kingston Township is part of Dallas School District (which encompasses approximately 46 square miles).