East Greenwich, Rhode Island "East Greenwich"
East Greenwich, Rhode Island Historic District in downtown East Greenwich Historic District in downtown East Greenwich Location in Kent County and the state of Rhode Island.
Location in Kent County and the state of Rhode Island.
East Greenwich is an well-to-do town and the governmental center of county of Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The populace was 13,146 at the 2010 census.
East Greenwich is the wealthiest municipality inside the state of Rhode Island.
Formed as Greenwich in 1677, it was titled for Greenwich, England. It was retitled Dedford in 1686 but reverted to its initial name in 1689.
In 1741 the more non-urban three-quarters of the town was set off as West Greenwich, the remaining quarter of it thenceforth being called East Greenwich.
Until 1854, it was one of the five state capitals for Rhode Island.
The General Assembly, when meeting in East Greenwich, used the small-town courthouse, which is today the town hall.
East Greenwich Village is positioned in the northeastern part of the town and extends north about 1.5 km into the town of Warwick, Rhode Island.
East Greenwich was established in 1677 by the General Assembly in an attempt to solidify territory claims against those of Connecticut and the Narragansett Proprietors.
Locals quickly took the assembly up on this offer, and the quick establishment of the town helped hold back plans of Connecticut in pushing their border eastward. East Greenwich was therefore the only Rhode Island town established by an act of government, not commercial interests. In 1687, the Narragansett Proprietors attempted to settle territory north of Wickford which overlapped with the territory of East Greenwich; however, the Massachusetts governor Sir Edmund Andros, who had authority to settle the dispute, ruled in favor of the existing East Greenwich settlement.
However, people of the town complained that attending town meetings was too difficult due to the size of the town, which prompted the splitting of West Greenwich into its own town in 1741.
The town erected a courthouse when East Greenwich was designated the shire town of the newly formed Kent County, which had been separated from Providence County in 1750.
20 percent of the territory in East Greenwich consists of undeveloped woods and farmland, although evolution continues to bring this proportion down. Main article: East Greenwich School District East Greenwich is home to six enhance schools in its school district.
Students in one district, which primarily consists of homeholds east of South County Trail, attend Meadowbrook Farms Elementary from kindergarten to second grade, then proceed to George R.
The district's single high school is East Greenwich High School.
The town also contains the Our Lady Of Mercy Regional School, a private Catholic school serving students from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade.
East Greenwich was also home to the East Greenwich Academy, an eminent preliminary school; however, the school closed in 1943.
East Greenwich Cove also has sizeable boat parking.
Across from the coast is Goddard Memorial State Park, which has many beaches including Sandy Point and has easy access from East Greenwich Cove.
Scalloptown Park has been instead of at the southern end of Greenwich Cove, assembled up on the old town landfill. However, it is not part of historical Scalloptown, which was another name for the waterfront in earlier times.
Home to a poor improve of squatters in the late nineteenth century to the earliest twentieth century, Scalloptown became a improve untethered from the rest of East Greenwich. In contrast to the other villages in East Greenwich, Scalloptown consisted primarily of poor caucasians and African Americans.
In the Spring of 1791, US Navy Captain Joseph Jonathan (of Providence, Rhode Island) and his crew captured a group of high-class extortionists attempting to flee the United States.
The legend warns that if the gold, which the town of East Greenwich is literally assembled upon, is moved, the town will crumble and all who live in it will turn against he who unearthed the gold. East Greenwich and the adjoining Warwick neighborhoods of Cowesett and Potowamut are served by a several media outlets: East Greenwich News (daily) East Greenwich Patch (daily), The East Greenwich Pendulum (weekly), The North East Independent (weekly) and East Greenwich periodical (monthly).
Clement Weaver House, a historic contemporary ender, assembled 1679, is one of the earliest homes in Rhode Island.
East Greenwich Historic District East Greenwich People from East Greenwich, Rhode Island Manor of East Greenwich Dissent and Conformity on Narragansett Bay: The Colonial Rhode Island Town.
"East Greenwich Land Trust- Trends".
East Greenwich Municipal Land Trust.
"Map of East Greenwich School Zones" (PDF).
East Greenwich School District.
East Greenwich Cove.
"Black Settlement House, East Greenwich 1902 - 1914" (PDF).
2005 "Town of East Greenwich" By Jimothy Kramer Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
East Greenwich travel guide from Wikivoyage East Greenwich Historical Preservation Society Municipalities and communities of Kent County, Rhode Island, United States State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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