Wyoming, Rhode Island Wyoming, Rhode Island is positioned in Rhode Island Wyoming, Rhode Island Wyoming is a village and census-designated place on the Wood River in southern Rhode Island, primarily in the town of Richmond, but extending north athwart the river (which defines the town line) into the town of Hopkinton. It is the site of the Wyoming Village Historic District and a postal service location, assigned ZIP code 02898.
A stagecoach road, the New London Turnpike (now Rhode Island Route 3), was assembled through the region in the following year. Also in 1815 a tavern was established on the Richmond side of the river to serve travelers on the turnpike.
The Wyoming Village Historic District is a historic precinct roughly bounded by Rhode Island Routes 138 and 3, Old Nooseneck Hill Road, Bridge and Prospect Streets in Richmond.
The district, which includes Brand's Ironworks, includes examples of Greek Revival, Late Victorian, and Federal architecture and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Prospect Street on the Hopkinton side of the river is a residentiary neighborhood that interval up in the mid-19th century in connection with the expansion of the textile trade in Wyoming; it includes a several Greek Revival homes assembled between 1846 and 1850. The historic precinct covers properties in both the suburbs of Richmond and Hopkinton, with a total region of 570 acres (230 ha), almost one square mile. National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island a b c d Hopkinton Preliminary Report, Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, October 1976 a b Historic and Archaeological Resources of Richmond, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report, Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, December 1977 Pages 315-317.), in 1815 a enhance stage road was instead of from the head of the Mystic River in Connecticut as far as Wyoming, and a charter for building the New London Turnpike road was first proposed in 1815, covering the Providence to West Greenwich section, with the Providence and Pawcatuck Turnpike Company chartered in 1816.
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