History of Warwick, Rhode Island, USA

Warwick is a flourishing manufacturing post township, situated five miles southwesterly of Providence; bounded north on Cranston, east on Narragansett bay, south on East-Greenwich, and west on Coventry.

The western section of the township is elevated and hilly; some of the eminences affording a view of the principal part of the State; but the eastern section is generally level. It has an average length, from east to west, of more than 8 miles, & an average breadth of nearly 7 miles, making about 54 square miles.

The prevailing soil, which is a primitive gravelly loam, is strong and productive, affording grain of different kinds, vegetables, & c., and being also well adapted to grazing. The town is well supplied with timber, consisting of oak, walnut, chestnut, &c...

In 1810, there were 3757 inhabitants in this town; and there are 520 Dwelling-houses, 450 qualified Electors, and 5 companies of Militia, besides 2 independent companies.

There are two incorporated Banks in...

Warwick, Rhode Island
Kent county. This important town, the Indian Shawomet, is situated on the W. side of Narraganset bay, 5 miles S. from Providence. Population, 1820, 3,443; 1830, 5,529. It contains an area of 54 square miles. The surface of the town along the bay is generally level, but the westerly part is hilly, so much so that from some of the elevations, a large part of the state may be seen in a clear day. The prevailing soil is a gravelly loam, strong, and productive of grain, grass, fruits and vegetables. The town is well supplied with a great variety of fish, and forests of walnut, oak and chestnut.

Pawtuxet river washes the northern part of the town, and meets the waters of the Narraganset at this place, separating Warwick from Cranston. An arm of the bay extends westward, giving to Warwick and East Greenwich a number of excellent harbors. Vessels of 50 tons burthen pass to the flourishing village of Apponaug, between 4 and 5 miles from the bay. This village is...

Warwick, a large and populous post- township of Kent county, Rhode Island, bordering on Narraganset bay, and intersected by the Stonington and Providence railroad, 10 miles S. by W. from Providence. It contains several manufacturing villages, 2 banks, and a newspaper office. The flourishing village of Apponaug is situated at the head of an arm of the Narraganset, which sets up nearly 6 miles from the bay, and affords facilities for navigation. About a mile from this village is a huge rock, so nicely balanced upon another, that a boy 14 years of age can set it in motion, producing a noise heard sometimes to the distance of 6 and even 8 miles. From the resemblance which the noise thus produced has to a drum, the rock has been denominated "Drum Rock." Population of the township in 1830, 5529 ; in 1840, 6726; and in 1850, 7740.

The man who placed the rails on the Shore Line Railroad, on the 15th inst., which resulted in throwing the engine off the track at Stony Creek Bridge, has been caught. He turns out to be a wandering, shoeless vagrant, who says that he put the rails on the track for fun, and waited in the bushes nearby to see the result. His name is William Warner, and he belongs in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Warwick, a populous township of Kent co., R.I., is bounded on the E. by Narragansett Bay, and intersected by the Pawtuxet River and the Stonington & Providence Rail road. It contains post-villages named Apponaug or Warwick, Centreville, Arctic, and Natick. It has a national bank and 8 cotton-manufactories. Rocky Point, a popular summer resort, is on the E. border of this township. General Nathanael Greene was born at Warwick. Pop. in 1880, 12,164; in 1890, 17,761.