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Warwick is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) south of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, 63 miles (101 km) southwest of Boston, Massachusetts, and 171 miles (275 km) northeast of New York City. Warwick was founded by Samuel Gorton in 1642 and has witnessed major events in American
Warwick (/ ˈ w ɒr ɪ k / WORR-ik) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is 9 miles (14 km) south of Coventry , and 19 miles (31 km) south-east of Birmingham .
Warwick is a town in the southwestern part of Orange County, New York, United States. Its population was 32,027 at the 2020 census . The town contains three villages ( Florida , Greenwood Lake , and Warwick ) and eight hamlets ( Amity , Bellvale , Edenville, Little York, Wisner, New Milford, Pine Island , and Sterling Forest ).
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East Greenwich Village is located in the northeastern part of the town and extends north about 0.93 mi (1.5 km) into the city of Warwick, Rhode Island. The town is now known for its waterfront, school district, and downtown restaurant/shopping district. Seal of East Greenwich
Warwick was the seat of a series of local government areas, the Borough of Warwick from 1861, Town of Warwick from 1903, City of Warwick from 1936, Shire of Warwick from 1994, and Southern Downs Region from 2008. In 1877, 25,000 acres (10,000 ha) of land was resumed from the Canning Downs pastoral run to establish smaller farms.
In 1903 the Buttonwood Beach Association petitioned the Town Council to provide such street lighting. The Town Council approved this petition on June 22, 1903 completing the Beach Association's dedication of the streets in Old Buttonwoods for the public and making them public highways in the Town of Warwick. [citation needed]
Warwick was formed by petition February 13, 1733 by eighteen residents. It was named after a town in central England and was the home to many Scots-Irish Presbyterians. In 1819, the Township lost over half its territory to the north when Doylestown Township was established. History is closely tied to several existing structures.