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Westerly is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Westerly in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.The population was 17,682 at the 2000 census.The CDP includes the majority of the town of Westerly's population, with only the rural eastern and coastal southern portions of towns excluded.
Since Rhode Island has no county level of government, cities and towns provide services commonly performed by county governments in other states. [4] The state's cities and towns may adopt one of four forms of government: council–manager, mayor–council, town council–town meeting, or administrator–council. [5]
In 1669, Westerly was named for the settlement's location respective to Rhode Island's geography, being the westernmost town in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. [ citation needed ] On May 18, 1669, the newly founded Town of Westerly in the southwest portion of the colony would host its first official town meeting with four ...
Nov. 11—I have to admit I was a little startled, when attending a Westerly Town Council meeting Monday, to hear some updates on the legal battle to keep access to the Watch Hill shoreline open ...
Historic Downtown Westerly, Rhode Island. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 563 square miles (1,460 km 2), of which 329 square miles (850 km 2) is land and 234 square miles (610 km 2) (41%) is water. [10] It is the largest county in Rhode Island by total area.
Pawcatuck (/ ˈ p ɔː k ə t ʌ k / PAW-kə-tuk) is a village [2] and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Stonington which is located in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,624 at the 2010 census. [3] It is located across the Pawcatuck River from Downtown Westerly, Rhode Island.
Rhode Island is the 17th-wealthiest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $21,688 (2000) and a personal per capita income of $31,916 (2003). Its median household income is $42,090 (2000), ranked seventeenth in the country, and its median family income is $52,781 (2000), the seventeenth-highest in the country.
The town is bordered by Westerly on the west; Richmond on the north; and Hopkinton on the northwest; and South Kingstown on the east. The village of Charlestown is in the southeast part of the town, Quonochontaug is in the southwest, and Carolina is on the northern border of the town.