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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020; [9] but it has grown at every decennial count since 1790 and is the second-most densely populated state, after New Jersey.

  8. Gun laws in Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Yes. RI Gen. Stat. 11–47–8. One may possess a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle without a RI permit as long as one possesses a carry permit from another state and is merely transiting through Rhode Island without any unnecessary stops. Long guns must be unloaded while in a vehicle. FOPA is observed.

  9. Washington County, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Washington County, Rhode Island. /  41.454544°N 71.581154°W  / 41.454544; -71.581154. Washington County, known locally as South County, is a county located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,839. [1] Rhode Island counties have no governmental functions other than as court administrative ...