, Rhode Island, USA
1895 - Rhode Island

Rhode Island, röd i’land, one of the New England States, and one of the original thirteen members of the Amer ican Union, bounded on the N. and E. by Massachusetts, S. by the Atlantic, and W. by Connecticut. Its coast-line is deeply indented by Narragansett Bay, which receives the estuaries of the Taunton and Providence Rivers. Within the bay lie Aquidneck or Rhode Island (which gives name to the state), Canonicut, Prudence, Patience, Hope, Perry, Dutch, and other islands; and off the coast lies Block Island, which constitutes the town of New Shorehain. The total area of the state is 1250 square miles, of which 1085 square miles constitutes the land and 165 the water area; and it is therefore the smallest state in the Union...

The principal cities and towns are Providence, one of the state capitals, and the second city in size in New England (pop. in 1890, 132,146), Pawtucket (27,663), Newport, the other state capital (19,457), and Woonsocket (20,830). The other leading places are large townships, and in some in stances embrace many villages. Such are Lincoln (20,355), Warwick (17,761), Johnston (9778), East Providence (8422), Cranston (S099), Cumberland (80.90), Westerly (6813), Burrilville (5492), Bristol (5478), and Coventry (5068)...

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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