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The town of Richmond was originally part of the territory of Westerly, Rhode Island (1669 to 1747), which remained in dispute for several years among the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut Colony, and Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1665, King Charles II dissolved the charters of those three colonies and renamed the disputed area "King’s County". In May 1669, the General Assembly of Rhode Island organized King's County into the town of Westerly, and the town of Westerly organized itself into four separate areas: Westerly, Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton.
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- 1819 - Richmond
Richmond is an interior post township, centrally situated in the county, 30 miles from Providence; bounded on the north by Exeter, on the east by Sout...Read MORE... - 1839 - Richmond
Richmond, Rhode Island
Washington county. Richmond is bounded on the west by Wood river and on the east by the river Charles. Other streams water the...Read MORE... - 1854 - Richmond
Richmond, a township in Washington co., Rhode Island, on the Stonington and Providence railroad, 28 miles S. S. W. from Providence. Population, 1784.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1873 - April 19 – 11 perish in a train derailment due to a bridge washout in the village of Richmond Switch (now Wood River Junction) in Richmond, Rhode Island.
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April 19, 1873 
HARPER'S WEEKLY: A JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION illustrated newspaper, May 10, 1873.
“We give on this page a view of the scene of the recent railway disaster at Meadow Brook, near Richmond Station, Rhode Island, at which a large number of passengers... Read MORE...
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Richmond, township, Washington co., R.I. Pop. 1949.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott - 1906
Richmond, a township (town) of Washington co., R.I. Pop. in 1900, 1506.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906 
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HARPER'S WEEKLY: A JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION illustrated newspaper, May 10, 1873.
“We give on this page a view of the scene of the recent railway disaster at Meadow Brook, near Richmond Station, Rhode Island, at which a large number of passengers... Read MORE...
Richmond, Rhode Island, USA
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Wood River Jct Train Station
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1819 - Richmond
Richmond is an interior post township, centrally situated in the county, 30 miles from Providence; bounded on the north by Exeter, on the east by... Read MORE...
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1839 - Richmond
Richmond, Rhode Island
Washington county. Richmond is bounded on the west by Wood river and on the east by the river Charles. Other streams water... Read MORE...
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1854 - Richmond
Richmond, a township in Washington co., Rhode Island, on the Stonington and Providence railroad, 28 miles S. S. W. from Providence. Population, 1784.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1873 - April 19 – 11 perish in a train derailment due to a bridge washout in the village of Richmond Switch (now Wood River Junction) in Richmond, Rhode Island.
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April 19, 1873
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1895 - Richmond
Richmond, township, Washington co., R.I. Pop. 1949.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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Richmond, a township (town) of Washington co., R.I. Pop. in 1900, 1506.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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