Kingston

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city municipality

Kingston is a historic city in New York State known for being one of the state’s early capitals and a key cultural and economic center in the Hudson Valley region.

Aliases (2)

Kingston, New York ×49
Kingston micropolitan area ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
censusDesignation	city →
connectedBy	New York State Thruway (Interstate 87) → U.S. Route 209 NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 9W NERFINISHED →
country	United States of America →
formerCapitalOf	New York State →
foundedAs	Dutch settlement →
governmentType	city government with mayor–council system →
hasAttraction	Hudson River Maritime Museum → Old Dutch Church → Senate House State Historic Site → Trolley Museum of New York →
hasDistrict	Downtown Kingston → Midtown Kingston → Rondout–West Strand Historic District → Stockade Historic District → Uptown Kingston →
hasFunction	regional commercial center → regional cultural center →
hasHeritage	British colonial history → Dutch colonial history →
hasIndustry	arts and culture → small-scale manufacturing → tourism →
historicalRole	one of the early capitals of New York State →
is	historic city in New York State →
knownFor	cultural center in the Hudson Valley → economic center in the Hudson Valley → historic architecture → role in early New York State government →
languageOfOfficialName	English →
locatedIn	Hudson Valley → Ulster County, New York NERFINISHED →
locatedNear	Catskill Mountains →
locatedOn	Hudson River →
namedFor	Kingston, England →
nearbyCity	Albany, New York → Newburgh, New York → Poughkeepsie, New York NERFINISHED →
originalName	Esopus → Wiltwyck →
partOf	Ulster County, New York NERFINISHED →
region	Mid-Hudson region of New York →
role	county seat of Ulster County, New York →
state	New York →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
transportHubFor	Hudson Valley region →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
New York–Newark CSA ("Kingston micropolitan area") →	includesMicropolitanArea
Upstate New York (broad sense) →	majorCity
Rhinebeck →	nearbyCity