North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Washington County
44-51580
North Kingstown is a town in Washington County, Rhode Iceland, United States.
Geography
North Kingstown is located on the west coast of Narragansett Bay about 30 kilometers southwest of Providence on the southern edge of the Providence Metropolitan Area, a metropolitan area on the Atlantic Coast with 1.5 million inhabitants around Providence, about 40 km south-west of Boston and 200 miles north-east of New York.
The city has an area of 151.1 km ², a quarter of which includes a share of the Narragansett Bay. The average height of 25 m above sea level. Because of the characteristics of administrative divisions of New England are a number of villages in the suburbs of North Kingstown, including Belleville, La Fayette and Wickford.
To the west of the borough is connected to the Rhode Iceland State Route 4, which runs parallel to the coast and at East Greenwich meets Interstate 95. Also in the west of the city takes you past the historic East line of Amtrak. Quonset State Airport is located about five kilometers northeast of the city center.
Population
The population was 26,486 at the 2010 census. Nearly 95 % of residents were white, the remainder divided among different ethnic groups. The per capita income was 28 139 U.S. dollars, about 16 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
History
The land of the later town was originally inhabited by the Narragansett. Was founded in 1674 in Southern Rhode Iceland Kings Town, whose great administrative area and the subsequent Cities South Kingstown and North Kingstown included. 1723 South Kingstown was separated as a separate administrative unit of North Kingstown.
North Kingstown earned because of the many natural harbors and beaches early reputation as a port city and was a popular place for summer resort. As in many areas of Rhode Island offered the available by numerous watercourses hydropower opportunity to develop a textile industry. Moreover, the situation led to the strategically important southwestern coast of the Narragansett Bay in conjunction with the natural harbors for the settlement of departments of the United States Navy in Quonset Point and Davisville. The base at Quonset Point existed until 1973.
Attractions
The famous American portraitist Gilbert Stuart was born in Saunderstown in the south of North Kingstown.
In the urban area are due to the long history of Rhode Iceland as one of the earliest American settlements numerous National Historic Places, including among others, the birthplace of Gilbert Stuart, 1707 Built Old Narragansett Church - the oldest Episcopal church in New England - and some historical ensemble of buildings, all ahead Wickford Village with a large group of buildings in colonial style.