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  2. Westerly, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Westerly is a town on the southwestern coastline of Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, first settled by English colonists in 1661 and incorporated as a municipality in 1669. It is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state with a population of 23,359 as of the 2020 census. The Pawcatuck River flows on the western border ...

  3. Westerly Downtown Historic District - Wikipedia

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    December 19, 2007. The Westerly Downtown Historic District is a historic district encompassing most of the commercial and civic district of Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. It extends from Broad and Union Streets eastward along High Street, and north along Canal Street to Railroad Avenue, where it extends to include the historic railroad ...

  4. List of early settlers of Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Cornell (settler) Joseph Jenckes Jr., early settler of Pawtucket, Warwick, and Providence. Stephen Northup, built house that remains as one of oldest in the state. John Steere, early settler of Providence and Smithfield, Rhode Island. Pardon Tillinghast, early pastor of the First Baptist Church in America.

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Westerly ...

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    This is a list of Registered Historic Places in Westerly, Rhode Island . This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 23, 2024. [1] /  41.371111°N 71.820278°W  / 41.371111; -71.820278  ( Babcock-Smith House) /  41.402222°N 71.751667°W  / 41.402222; -71.751667  ( Bradford Village ...

  6. Wilcox Park - Wikipedia

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    Added to NRHP. May 7, 1973. Wilcox Park (14 acres (5.7 ha)) is a park and arboretum located at 44 High Street, Westerly, Rhode Island. It is open to the public from dawn to 9 pm, without fee, and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973 as Wilcox Park Historic District. The historic district includes 84 houses/buildings ...

  7. Main Street Historic District (Westerly, Rhode Island)

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    January 9, 1978. The Main Street Historic District of Westerly, Rhode Island, encompasses a predominantly residential section of Main Street and adjoining Maple Avenue and School Street. The district includes nineteen houses, which are predominantly Greek Revival, Italianate, and Second Empire in style, as well as the Pawcatuck Seventh Day ...

  8. List of Rhode Island locations by per capita income - Wikipedia

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    e. Rhode Island is the 17th-wealthiest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $21,688 (2000) and a personal per capita income of $31,916 (2003). Its median household income is $42,090 (2000), ranked seventeenth in the country, and its median family income is $52,781 (2000), the seventeenth-highest in the country.

  9. Flying Horse Carousel - Wikipedia

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    September 5, 1985. The Flying Horse Carousel is a historic carousel in Watch Hill, the principal summer resort area of the town of Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. It is one of two in the state designated as National Historic Landmarks, along with the Crescent Park Looff Carousel in East Providence. It is the oldest operating carousel in ...