In 1835; while Charles Darwin aboard the HMS Beagle was exploring the Galapagos Islands; the northern Illinois municipalities of Genoa and Kingston were being settled. Pioneers arrived via the historic Chicago-Galena stagecoach trail. Thomas Matteson; a Revolutionary War soldier from Ohio; and his family traveled in three covered wagons and became Genoas first settlers. Genoa was incorporated as a village in 1876 and as a city in 1911. Kingston became a village in 1886. In addition to sharing a boundary; the municipalities share the Genoa-Kingston Fire Department; Genoa-Kingston Middle School; and Genoa-Kingston High School. During the Civil War; 109 men from Genoa and 105 men from Kingston; roughly a tenth of the population of each municipality at that time; enlisted in the Union Army. Men and women from Genoa and Kingston have continued to serve in the U.S. military from World Wars I and II to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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