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In 1757 that portion of Westerly extending north and west of the Pawcatuck and Wood rivers was taken from that town and incorporated as the town of Hopkinton.
In 1770 that portion of Warren on the westerly side of the Warren River was taken from that town and incorporated as the town of Barrington.
Scituate was equally divided in 1781 and the western half incorporated as the town of Foster; and Glocester was equally divided in 1806, and its northern half incorporated as the town of Burrillville.
In 1776 the state was re-named "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plan- tations", and in 1781 the name "King's County" was changed to "Washington County".
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RHODE ISLAND BOUNDARIES
1806-1874
IN 1840 Commissioners of Connecticut and Rhode Island, having ascertained that the stone heaps marking the boundary monuments were somewhat effaced, pro- ceeded to run a new line from "a rock near the mouth of Ashawage (Ashaway) River where it empties into Pawcatuck River" to "a stone heap upon a hill in the present juris- diction line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island." Monuments were erected along this line at the following locations:
(1) At a stone heap at the south-east corner of Voluntown, Connecticut.
(2) At a stone heap at the south-west corner of West Greenwich, Rhode Island.
(3) At the south-west corner of Coventry, Rhode Island.
(4) At the north-west corner of Coventry, Rhode Island.
(5) At the north-east corner of Sterling, Connecticut.
(6) At the south-west corner of Glocester, Rhode Island.
(7) At the south-east corner of Thompson, Connecticut.
(8) At the south-west corner of Burrillville, Rhode Island.
In 1847 Commissioners of Massachusetts and Rhode Island ascertained, established and marked by stone monuments the boundaries between the two states in ten portions as follows:
(1) From the north-west corner of Rhode Island on the Connecticut line (latitude 42° 00' 29" longitude 71° 48' 18") easterly in a straight line 21.512 miles to Burnt Swamp Corner in Wrentham (latitude 42° 01' 08" longitude 71° 23' 13").
(2) Thence due south to the center of the Blackstone River about six rods east of the bridge at Central Falls.
(3) Thence following the rivers southerly, generally on the east banks, to Bullock's Neck (latitude 41° 44' 42" longitude 71° 21' 54") .
(4) Thence to Monroe's Corner (latitude 41° 46' 34" longitude 71° 19' 23").
(5) Thence to near King's Rock on the Birch Swamp Farm (latitude 41° 45' 08" longitude 71° 15' 58").
(6) Thence to Touisset (latitude 41° 42' 45" longitude 71° 13' 54").
(7) Thence across Mount Hope Bay in a direct line to the shore at the Fall River- Tiverton line.
(8) Thence to Ralph's Neck (latitude 41° 41' 56" longitude 71º 06' 34") .
(9) Thence to Sanford's Bound (latitude 41° 35' 27" longitude 71° 08' 13").
(10) Thence to Peaked Rock, near the ocean (latitude 41º 29' 58" longitude 71° 07' 34").
By an exchange of territory in 1862, the boundary dispute between Rhode Island and Massachusetts, which had been carried on for two hundred years, was terminated. A part of what is now Fall River, which had been taken from Tiverton in 1856, was ceded
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RHODE ISLAND BOUNDARIES
1806 - 1874 (continued)
to Massachusetts, and in return there were annexed to Rhode Island the westerly part of Seekonk which was incorporated as East Providence, and the town of Pawtucket, the bounds between those towns and Massachusetts following the general line of the Runnins and Ten Mile Rivers. Pawtucket was farther extended in area in 1874 by annexing a portion of North Providence on the west side of the Blackstone River.
Providence, having received a city charter in 1832, re-annexed a portion of the town of Cranston in 1868, which extended its bounds southward from the old line (which ran from the north end of Benedict Pond easterly to the Rhode Island Hospital property) as follows: starting about five hundred feet west of Benedict Pond, following the curve of the railroad property to Cranston Street, thence southerly by Fenner Avenue (now Niantic Avenue) to the New London Turnpike (now Reservoir Avenue), and easterly by what are now Sinclair Avenue and Montgomery Avenue to the north end of the present Edgewood Beach reservation. A further re-annexation of about forty acres from Cranston was effected in 1873 to provide additional land for Roger Williams Park, including Crystal Lake.
In 1873 and 1874 portions of North Providence were re-annexed to the northern part of Providence. The new bounds followed the Woonasquatucket River north-west from Olneyville to Manton Pond, then ran north-east to where is now Woodward Road at a point one-half mile north of Wanskuck Pond, then east to Smithfield Avenue at Cemetery Street where it followed Cemetery Street to the railroad, and then ran east to the Seekonk River north of Swan Point Cemetery.
Woonsocket was established in 1867 by taking land from Cumberland on the north and east banks of the Blackstone River, and was extended in 1871 by the acquisition of lands from Smithfield on the opposite side of the river. In that same year territory was taken from Smithfield to form the towns of North Smithfield on the north, and Lincoln on the east.
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RHODE ISLAND BOUNDARIES
1874-1936
P ROVIDENCE re-annexed about three hundred additional acres from Cranston in 1887 and 1892 for extensions to Roger Williams Park, including Cunliff Pond and adjoining shores as far south as Park Avenue. In 1898 a portion of Johnston was re-annexed to the western part of Providence. The new bounds extended westerly from Benedict Pond to the bend in the Pocasset River north-westerly to slightly west of Killingly Street, and thence easterly to the Woonasquatucket River. In 1919 Providence re-annexed from Johnston about forty-five acres south-west of Neutaconkanut Hill. Those re-annexations brought the territory of Providence to its present size of 18.91 square miles.
Central Falls was taken from the southern part of Lincoln in 1895; Narragansett was set off from South Kingstown in 1901, the dividing line extending through Point Judith Pond and along the Pettaquamscutt River; and West Warwick was taken from the western part of Warwick in 1913.
The northern and eastern boundaries of the state were surveyed and mapped by Commissioners of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the former in 1883, and the latter in 1897. The northern boundary, extending a distance of 21.5 miles from Burnt Swamp Corner westerly to the intersection of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, was marked by sixty-seven monuments; and the eastern boundary, extending a distance of 45.8 miles from Burnt Swamp Corner to high water at the Atlantic Ocean, was marked by one hundred and thirty-eight monuments.
A perambulation of the above boundaries was made jointly by Boundary Line Com- missioners of Massachusetts and Rhode Island in November, 1935. In a report made by the Secretary of the Rhode Island Boundary Commission following the completion of the perambulation a statement was made as follows: "as the line now stands, all the bounds appear to be properly set to the satisfaction of the representatives of both states."
(A survey of the Connecticut-Rhode Island boundary, sponsored by the State of Connecticut, in co-operation with the Rhode Island Boundary Commission, is under way as this book goes to press. It is the first complete survey of the line between the two states since the one carried out in the year 1840.)
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RHODE ISLAND BOUNDARIES
STATE BOUNDARIES, 1936
WESTERN BOUNDARY. Starting at a point in Long Island Sound (latitude 41° 18' 15" longitude 71º 54' 26") where the bounds of New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island intersect, the line runs north approximately 19° 45' east two miles to a point at the mouth of Little Narragansett Bay (latitude 41º 19' 51" longitude 71° 53' 43") ; then south approximately 61° 30' east to the mouth of Pawcatuck River; then follow- ing the center of that river in a general northerly direction to the mouth of the Ashaway River; then north approximately 2° 15' east to the west end of the boundary between the towns of Coventry and West Greenwich (latitude 41º 39' 36" longitude 71º 47' 14") ; then north approximately 1° 45' west to the intersection of the south line of Massachu- setts (latitude 42° 00' 30" longitude 71° 48' 18").
NORTHERN BOUNDARY. Starting from the last mentioned bound, where Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island intersect, the line runs north 86° 02' east to the west shore of Wallum Lake; then north 88° 15' east to a bound stone near the east bank of the Blackstone River; then north 84° 18' east to a bound stone east of the Woon- socket-Bellingham road; then north 88° 54' east to Burnt Swamp Corner (latitude 42° 01' 08" longitude 71° 22' 55"), this being the north-east corner of the state.
EASTERN BOUNDARY. Starting from the last mentioned bound, the line runs south to a point on the east bank of the Blackstone River (latitude 41° 53' 37" longitude 71° 22' 55") ; then north 81° 00' east to a point on the bank of Ten Mile River; then fol- lowing a course east of that river in a series of straight lines, in a general southerly direc- tion, to the Providence-Taunton Pike (latitude 41° 49' 24" longitude 71° 20' 53") ; then south 22° 40' east to the center of Runnins River (latitude 41° 48' 31" longitude 71° 20' 23") ; then following the center of that river, in a general southerly direction, to a bound stone (latitude 41° 46' 51" longitude 71º 19' 44") ; then south 60° 28' east to Monroe's Corner at the east end of the East Providence-Barrington line (latitude 41° 46' 34" longi- tude 71° 19' 06") ; continuing along that same line to a bound stone at Birch Swamp Corner between the Warren and Kickamuit Rivers (latitude 41° 45' 08" longitude 71° 15' 42") ; then south 32° 29' east to the east shore of Mount Hope Bay (latitude 41º 40' 31" longitude 71° 11' 46") ; then south 76° 19' east to the south shore of Cook Pond (latitude 41° 40' 18" longitude 71° 10' 35") ; then south 4° 27' west about one-quarter mile, following the center of Eight Rod Road; then south 76° 27' east to the shore of Watuppa Pond (latitude 41º 39' 38" longitude 71° 07' 59") ; then following the west shore of Watuppa and Sawdy ponds in a series of straight lines, in a general southerly direction to the lower end of Sawdy Pond; then south 26° 53' east to Sanford's Bound (latitude 41° 35' 38" longitude 71° 07' 56") ; then south 5° 14' east to Peaked Rock, near the ocean, continuing on the same line one marine league from high water mark into the ocean.
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RHODE ISLAND BOUNDARIES
SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. Starting from the last mentioned bound, the line runs in a general westerly direction one marine league distant from the coast line to a point south of Napatree point (latitude 41° 15' 18" longitude 71° 53' 08") ; then north 19° 45' west to the point of beginning.
BLOCK ISLAND (between latitudes 41° 08' 48" and 41° 13' 57", and longitudes 71° 32' 40" and 71° 36' 48"), together with that part of the ocean extending one marine league from its shores, is also included within the territorial bounds of the state.
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RHODE ISLAND BOUNDARIES
PRESENT AREA OF THE STATE
OR THE PURPOSE of computing the area of the state, its territory is divided as follows: (1) land areas, and (2) tide water areas.
The land areas comprise the aggregate territorial limits of the thirty-nine munici- palities; they coincide with the aggregate land areas of the five counties.
The tide water areas include all of the waters of Narragansett Bay, Mount Hope Bay (west of the Massachusetts Boundary), Providence Harbor, Seekonk River, War- ren River, Barrington River, Kickamuit River, Sakonnet River, the salt ponds along the south shore, one-half of the waters of Little Narragansett Bay and Pawcatuck River where they separate Connecticut from Rhode Island, and a strip of ocean one marine league (three miles) wide extending from the Connecticut to the Massachusetts boundary and encircling Block Island.
Computed on the above basis the areas of the towns, the counties, and the whole state are as follows:
CITIES & TOWNS
COUNTIES
BRISTOL COUNTY
Year est.
Area in sq. mi.
Year inc.
Area in
Barrington
1770
8.46
Bristol, including Hog Island.
1747
9.89
Warren
1747
6.56
COUNTY TOTAL
1747
24.91
KENT COUNTY
Coventry
1741
62.87
East Greenwich
1677
16.07
Warwick, including Greene Island
1642
36.26
West Greenwich
1741
51.47
West Warwick
1913
8.18
COUNTY TOTAL
1750
174.85
NEWPORT COUNTY
Jamestown (Conanicut Island), including Dutch
and Gould Islands
1678
9.76
Little Compton
1747
21.94
Middletown
1743
13.45
Newport, including Coaster's Harbor, Rose, and Goat Islands
1639
7.94
New Shoreham (Block Island)
1672
10.95
Portsmouth, including Prudence, Patience, Hope, and Dyer Islands
1638
23.84
Tiverton
1747
31.43
COUNTY TOTAL
1703
119.31
sq. mi.
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RHODE ISLAND BOUNDARIES
CITIES & TOWNS
COUNTIES
Year
Area in
Year
Area in
PROVIDENCE COUNTY
est.
sq. mi.
inc.
sq. mi.
Burrillville
1806
57.59
Central Falls
1895
1.32
Cranston
1754
28.20
Cumberland
1747
28.64
East Providence
1862
13.85
Foster
1781
52.15
Glocester
1731
56.51
Johnston
1759
25.09
Lincoln
1871
19.36
North Providence
1765
5.90
North Smithfield
1871
25.38
Pawtucket
1862
8.68
Providence
1636
18.91
Scituate
1731
55.28
Smithfield
1731
27.60
Woonsocket
1867
8.00
COUNTY TOTAL
1703
432.46
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Charlestown
1738
38.46
Exeter
1743
59.21
Hopkinton
1757
44.08
Narragansett
1901
14.42
North Kingstown, including Cornelius, Fox, and Rabbit Islands
1674
44.15
Richmond
1747
41.82
South Kingstown
1723
61.17
Westerly
1669
29.16
COUNTY TOTAL
1729
332.47
TOTAL LAND AREA (72.4%)
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1084.00
TOTAL TIDE WATER AREA (27.6%)
413.39
TOTAL STATE AREA
1497.39
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