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South Kingstown is a town in, and the county seat of, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.The population was 31,931 at the 2020 census.South Kingstown is the second largest town in Rhode Island by total geographic area, behind New Shoreham, and the third largest town in Rhode Island by geographic land area, behind Exeter and Coventry.
Thomas Mumford (1625–1692) – settled South Kingstown and served as the first High Sheriff; Peter Neronha (born 1963) – 74th Attorney General of Rhode Island; Nathaniel Niles (1741–1828) – U.S. Representative from Vermont; Elisha R. Potter (1764–1835) – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
South Kingstown established the Kingston Historic District in 1959, and much of Kingston village became a National Register historic district in 1974 as Kingston Village Historic District. The historic district is located just outside the campus of the University of Rhode Island and contains many fine examples of 18th and 19th century ...
Michael Everett Woodmansee (born July 16, 1958) is an American child murderer. He was a sixteen-year-old junior at South Kingstown High School in the state of Rhode Island on May 18, 1975, when he murdered Jason Foreman, a five-year-old who lived nearby in South Kingstown.
May 1, 1974 (South Kingstown: South Kingstown: 15: Lambda Chi Site, RI-704: November 1, 1984 (Address Restricted: South Kingstown: 16: Henry Marchant Farm: Henry Marchant Farm
Washington County, known locally as South County, is a county located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census , the population was 129,839. [ 4 ] Rhode Island counties have no governmental functions other than as court administrative boundaries, which are part of the state government.
The Old Washington County Jail, today the center's headquarters, was the location of the former Rhode Island Washington County Jail. [4] The Old Jail, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is situated at the crest of the hill on Kingstown Road and Upper College Road at the University of Rhode Island southeastern entrance on Route 138.
Peace Dale was established as a village in 1793 by South Kingstown industrialist Rowland Hazard who named the village in honor of his wife, Mary Peace Hazard. Around 1804, Hazard reputedly pioneered the use of carding machines to process wool in Rhode Island.