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East Matunuck State Beach is a public recreation area encompassing 144 acres (58 ha) on the shore of Block Island Sound in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. [2] The state beach offers picnicking, ocean swimming, and beach activities. [3] It is open seasonally. [4] At the east end of the beach lies the small village of Jerusalem.
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.
Charlestown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, comprising the main village in the town of Charlestown and additional land extending to the east into the town of South Kingstown. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [3]
Town County Area Estab-lished Image Remarks Beavertail State Park: Jamestown: Newport: 153 acres 62 ha: 1980: Operational lighthouse, ocean views Blackstone River Bikeway State Park: Cumberland, Lincoln, Woonsocket: Providence: 11.5 mi 18.5 km: 1998: One leg of the East Coast Greenway: Brenton Point State Park: Newport: Newport: 88.9 acres 36.0 ...
Matunuck (muh-TOO-nick [1]) is a village in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, located near Charlestown. It is located on a point along the southern Atlantic coast of Rhode Island off U.S. Route 1. The village takes its name from an Indian word [clarification needed] meaning "lookout".
In 1877, the South Kingstown Town Hall was built in the village. A bank and several other major businesses arrived in the 1880s. By 1895, Wakefield had a population of 1,543, and had begun to coalesce with the villages of Peace Dale and Rocky Brook, forming a roughly contiguous settlement with a total population of 3,285. [3]
Roy Carpenter's Beach is a private beach [1] in the town of South Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island. [2] It is located near the village of Matunuck, on Route 1 at the Matunuck Beach Road exit, near Mary Carpenter's, the South Kingstown Town Beach, Moonstone Beach, and the Theatre by the Sea. [3]
Saunderstown is a small village and historic district in the towns of Narragansett and North Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It was named in honor of John Aldrich Saunders, a member of the Saunders family. Saunderstown has its own post office with the ZIP Code of 02874, which also includes a small part of South ...