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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.
Finn Michael Westby Caspersen Sr. (October 27, 1941 – September 7, 2009) was an American financier and philanthropist. A graduate of the Peddie School, Brown University and Harvard Law School, he was chairman and chief executive of Beneficial Corporation, one of the largest consumer finance companies in the United States.
Location of Washington County in Rhode Island. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.
January 11, 1980 (Bay St. Westerly: One of the earliest carousels still in use, dating to 1876. Horses suspended from chains rather than on poles, hence name.
1877 panoramic map of Westerly with list of sights. Westerly, R.I. prior to English colonization was known as Misquamicut, home to the Narragansett people prior to 1637, before the English had build an outpost, and forced the Narragansett people out of the region by 1661, allowing for the permanent settlement on the coast line.
North End Historic District (Westerly, Rhode Island) Nursery Site, RI-273; O. Oak's Inn Military Reservation; Ocean House, Rhode Island; P. Pawcatuck River;
The Perry Homestead Historic District encompasses a cluster of residences built as a family compound by the locally prominent Perry family in Westerly, Rhode Island. Extending mainly along the northern part of Margin Street south of downtown Westerly, the area was developed in the 1920s, and includes five family residences, a caretaker's house ...
Misquamicut (MISS-kwahm-eh-kut [5]) is a census-designated place and fire district in southern Washington County, Rhode Island. It is part of the town of Westerly . [ 6 ] The population was listed as 390 in 2010.