Woonsocket, Rhode Island "Woonsocket"
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Location in Providence County and the state of Rhode Island.
State Rhode Island Woonsocket (/w n s k t/ one-sock-it) is a town/city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
The populace was 41,186 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth biggest city in the state.
Woonsocket lies directly south of the Massachusetts state line.
See also: Historic foundry villages of Woonsocket Before the arrival of European pioneer in northern Rhode Island amid the 17th century, today's Woonsocket region was inhabited by three Native American tribes the Nipmucs (Cowesett), Wampanoags, and Narragansetts. In 1661, the English theologian Roger Williams purchased the region from the "Coweset and Nipmucks", and in a letter referred to undivided day Woonsocket as "Niswosakit". These include Woonksechocksett, from Worcester County meaning "fox country", and Wannashowatuckqut, also from Worcester County, meaning "at the fork of the river". Another theory states Woonsocket derives from "thunder mist", in reference to the biggest waterfall on the Blackstone River, which lies at the center of the city. Yet another theory proposes that the town/city was titled after Woonsocket Hill in neighboring North Smithfield. Woonsocket Falls Village was established in the 1820s.
Woonsocket as a town was not established until 1867 when three villages in the town of Cumberland, namely Woonsocket Falls, Social and Jenckesville, officially became the town of Woonsocket.
Woonsocket was incorporated as town/city in 1888.
In the postwar years, the Woonsocket economy adjusted to a mix of manufacturing, retail, technology and financial services operations. However, in the early 1980s Woonsocket was again plagued by high unemployment rates. In 1980 seventy percent of Woonsocket's populace was French-Canadian descent. Beginning in 1979, Woonsocket became home to Autumnfest, an annual cultural festival that takes place on Columbus Day Weekend, at World War II Veteran's Memorial State Park.
Woonsocket from the East, 1886 engraving Woonsocket Medical Corporation, established in 1839 by Dr.
Woonsocket in 1855 According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.0 square miles (21 km2), of which 7.7 square miles (20 km2) is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) (3.14%) is water.
Woonsocket is drained by the Blackstone River.
Next to communities include Blackstone and Bellingham, Massachusetts, along with Cumberland and North Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Climate data for Woonsocket, Rhode Island Woonsocket City Hall, assembled in 1856 At the 2010 census Woonsocket had a populace of 41,186.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 83.14% White, 4.44% African American, 0.32% Native American, 4.06% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 4.86% from other competitions, and 3.14% from two or more competitions.
Woonsocket is a part of the Providence urbane area, which has an estimated populace of 1,622,520.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
In March 2013, the Washington Post reported that one-third of Woonsocket's populace used food stamps, putting small-town merchants on a "boom or bust" cycle each month when EBT payments were deposited. At the 2000 census, 46.1% of Woonsocket's populace were identified as being of French or French-Canadian ethnic heritage.
The town/city has referred to itself as La ville la plus francaise aux Etats-Unis the most French town/city in the United States. Woonsocket Depot Square Properties and districts in Woonsocket listed on National Register of Historic Places: Island Place Historic District Woonsocket City Hall (1856) Woonsocket Civil War Monument (1868) Woonsocket Company Mill Complex Woonsocket Depot Square (1847) Woonsocket District Courthouse (1894) Woonsocket Rubber Company Mill (1857) Woonsocket was a recording locale for the movies, such as the prominent Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) and The Purge: Election Year (2016).
Isabelle Ahearn O'Neill, Rhode Island's first woman legislator Rhode Island portal City of Woonsocket.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island My Home Town History Woonsocket: My Hometown on the Web.
"Woonsocket's Autumnfest draws thousands".
"Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Woonsocket, Rhode Island".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Enumeration Quick facts for Woonsocket "Food stamps put Rhode Island town on monthly boom-and-bust cycle".
"Woonsocket's Autumnfest draws thousands".
The Woonsocket Call.
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