Kingswood real estate

The land that became Kingswood was originally heavily forested, and it was used for farming. The suburb takes its name from a family that owned land here, the family of Governor Philip Gidley King. Kingswood is a suburb of western Sydney, in New South Wales, 52 kilometres west of the central business district of Sydney.

Other places in New South Wales are also called Kingswood, and this suburb is often confused with the nearby Kingswood Park. The founding year recorded for Kingswood is 1855, and farming was the use of the land. Kingswood lies in the City of Penrith local government area.

In 1881 the area was known as Crossroads. The name came from the roads that met there: the Great Western Highway crossed The Northern Road, which is now called Parker Street. The land was used for farming, and the district's name changed in 1887.

In 1862 the railway reached the district, and the farmland was subdivided after that. A siding at Kingswood opened in 1887. On 2 August 1887 the district took the name Kingswood, and a post office that opened on 20 April 1887 as Cross Roads West was renamed Kingswood in August 1887.

The NSW State Archives and Reading Room is on O'Connell Street in Kingswood. Records from New South Wales public sector bodies are stored in the building, which was formerly known as the Western Sydney Records Repository. The suburb's postcode is 2747.

Kingswood sits in the City of Penrith local government area, 52 kilometres west of the central business district of Sydney. The Great Western Highway crosses The Northern Road at the crossing that gave the district its earlier name, Crossroads. That road is now called Parker Street.

The suburb is often confused with Kingswood Park nearby, and other places in New South Wales share its name. The NSW State Archives and Reading Room, on O'Connell Street, stores records of New South Wales public sector bodies. The railway came through the district in 1862, and farmland was subdivided after that.