Kingston Iowa Map

About Kingston, Iowa

Kingston is a locality in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 81. The population density is 17.6 people per km². Kingston is located at 40.9792°N, 91.0458°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 50144, 52637.

Kingston emerges from the flat, horizon-bound expanse of the Iowa prairie where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 12.3 miles north-northeast of Burlington, IA (from Burlington, IA: bearing 18°T), and is situated 12.2 miles north-northeast of West Burlington. The soil here is dark and heavy, a deep loam that sustains the rhythmic rotation of corn and soybean stalks across a landscape that stretches toward the distant, rolling edges of the Loess Hills. Only a few miles away, the quiet waters of Cottonwood Drain carve a modest path through the silt, while the stillness of Ray Lake offers a reflective surface for the changing light of the seasons. A short distance from the center of Kingston, the Malchow Indian Mounds State Preserve marks the earth with ancient, deliberate ridges, grounding the modern agricultural grid in a much older, silent history.

The economy of Kingston remains tethered to the patient labor of the harvest and the quiet commerce of the central plains. Generations of families have kept the grain elevators full and the machinery running, maintaining a legacy of agrarian diligence that defines the local character. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, influenced by a regional heritage that values a literate, understated civility over the clamor of larger centers. While the proximity of Big River State Forest provides a dense, wooded reprieve from the vast openness of the tilled fields, the true pulse of Kingston is found in the steady, seasonal work of the land and the endurance of those who tend it.

About This Kingston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kingston, Iowa. Coordinates: 40.97923, -91.045788. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Kingston includes the ZIP code (50144, 52637), telephone area code (515, 712), county seat of Des Moines County (Burlington), and school district assignment (Mediapolis Community School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.