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Location in Providence County and the state of Rhode Island.
State Rhode Island Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a town/city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
With a populace of 80,529 at the 2010 census, it is the third biggest city in the state.
The center of populace of Rhode Island is positioned in Cranston. Cranston is a part of the Providence urbane area.
Cranston was titled one of the "100 Best Places to Live" in the United States by Money periodical in 2006. It is among the top 25 safest metros/cities in the country, as stated to CQ Press's research.
According to the survey done by 24/7 Wall St website, Cranston ranked 36th on the list of "America's 50 Best Cities to Live" The Town of Cranston was created in 1754 from a portion of Providence north of the Pawtuxet River.
After losing much of its territory to neighboring suburbs and the town/city of Providence, Cranston itself became a town/city on 10 March 1910.
Much of the as purchased by Roger Williams from the Narragansett Indians in 1638 as part of the Pawtuxet Purchase, and the first settler in the region was William Arnold, who was followed shortly by William Harris, William Carpenter and Zachariah Rhodes. Stephen Arnold, a brother-in-law of Rhodes and William Arnold, assembled a gristmill on the Pawtuxet falls and laid out the "Arnold Road" (modern-day "Broad Street") connecting it to the Pequot Trail dominant to Connecticut.
Arnold's son, Benedict Arnold, became the first Governor of Rhode Island under the charter of 1663.
After region residents were unable to agree upon a name for a new town for decades, the Town of Cranston was eventually created by the General Assembly in 1754 from a portion of Providence north of the Pawtuxet River.
Historians debate whether the town was titled after Governor Samuel Cranston, the longest-serving Rhode Island governor or his grandson, Thomas Cranston, who was serving as Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives at the time that the town was created.
After losing much of its territory to neighboring suburbs and the town/city of Providence over the nineteenth century, Cranston itself became a town/city on 10 March 1910. Cranston is positioned at 41 46 N 71 27 W (41.7732, -71.4533). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 29.9 square miles (77 km2), of which, 28.6 square miles (74 km2) of it is territory and 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2) of it (4.54%) is water.
It is roughly three percent of Rhode Island's total territory mass. The following neighborhoods and villages are positioned in Cranston: Cranston High School East Cranston High School West As of the census of 2000, there were 79,269 citizens , 30,954 homeholds, and 20,243 families residing in the town/city of Cranston.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 89.19% White, 3.69% African American, 0.30% Native American, 3.28% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.93% from other competitions, and 1.57% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $44,108, and the median income for a family was $55,241.
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections has its command posts and its adult prison facilities in Cranston. The Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families operates the Rhode Island Training School (RITS), a juvenile correctional facility, in Cranston.
The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles in headquartered in Cranston. The City of Cranston operates under a mayor-council form of government.
General town/city elections are held on the first Tuesday in November on every even-numbered year.
The current mayor, Allan Fung was propel in 2008, and is the City's first Asian-American mayor.
Mayors are propel to a 2-year term, and beginning with the general town/city election of 2012, mayors are limited to four (4) consecutive 2-year terms. The City Council consists of 9 members: 6 representing each of the City wards, and 3 city-wide representatives.
As of January 2017, the City Council members are as follows: The School Committee consists of 7 members; 6 representing each of the City wards, and 1 city-wide representative.
Committee members are propel to a 2-year term, and beginning with the general town/city election of 2000, members are limited to five (5) consecutive 2-year terms. Companies with corporate command posts in Cranston include jewelry manufacturer Alex & Ani and Coastway Community Bank.
The first Del's Lemonade stand was opened in Cranston back in 1948. Four freeways travel through Cranston: I-95, I-295, RI 10 (the Huntington Expressway) and RI 37.
Other state-numbered roads in Cranston are U.S.
1, US 1 - A, RI 2, RI 5, RI 12, RI 33, RI 51, RI 115 and RI 117.
Cranston is served by Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) buses.
The MBTA's Providence/Stoughton Line also passes through but does not include a station in Cranston.
"Howard Prison" in Cranston, Rhode Island at the turn of the 20th century Cranston is home to the Budlong Pool, one of the biggest outside swimming pools in the country.
Sprague Mansion, an 18th-century homestead, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Thomas Fenner House, assembled around 1677, is one of the earliest homes in Rhode Island.
Main article: List of citizens from Cranston, Rhode Island Rhode Island portal Seth Mac - Farlane, creator of the animated sitcom Family Guy, said in an interview with a news program on WNAC-TV, Channel 64 in Providence, that the town in the show is modeled after Cranston, Rhode Island. "MONEY Magazine: Best places to live 2006: Cranston, RI snapshot".
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"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Rhode Island Department of Corrections.
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