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Richmond is 35 miles (56 km) south of the state's capital, Providence.It is a mostly forested, landlocked community . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 40.8 square miles (106 km 2), of which 40.6 square miles (105 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2) is water.
Created from part of Providence County. County of Kent, England 171,278: 168 sq mi (435 km 2) Newport County: 005: Newport: 1703: Formed as Rhode Island County in 1703. Renamed Newport County in 1729: Town of Newport, Essex, England 83,832: 102 sq mi (264 km 2) Providence County: 007: Providence: 1703: Formed in 1703 as Providence Plantations ...
Rhode Island is a state located in the Northeastern United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, Rhode Island is the 8th least populous state with 1,097,379 [1] inhabitants and the smallest by land area spanning 1,033.81 square miles (2,677.6 km 2) of land. [2]
Wood River Junction is a small village in the town of Richmond, Rhode Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It is home to the Chariho school district's main campus and is otherwise largely turf farms, which were potato farms before the nuclear accident in 1964.
The New London Turnpike (Rhode Island Route 3) was built through the area in 1815. [3] [6] Also in 1815 a tavern was established on the Richmond side of the river to serve travelers on the turnpike. Two more textile mills were built on the Richmond, circa 1830 and 1845; they were later destroyed by fire. [3]
In Rhode Island, as in most of New England, the laws regulating municipal authority are very broadly construed. Thus, Rhode Island towns have the form, if not the substance, of home rule, with powers comparable to those that a city in other states would normally have. Rhode Island state law does not distinguish between a city and a town.
Providence—Fall River—Warwick, RI—MA 29 Warren: Town Bristol County $22,448 $41,285 $52,824 11,360 4,708 Providence—Fall River—Warwick, RI—MA 30 Richmond: Town Washington County $22,351 $59,840 $64,688 7,222 2,537 Providence—Fall River—Warwick, RI—MA 31 Foster: Town Providence County $22,148 $59,673 $63,657 4,274 1,535
The phrase is used on the Rhode Island State Seal with an anchor because Roger Williams was inspired by the Biblical passage "hope is the anchor of the soul" in Hebrews, Verse 6:19. [7] In 2008 a town historian told the Providence Journal that Gardner Nichols renamed the village from Carpenter's Mills to Hope Valley "because all of his hopes ...