Canonchet, Rhode Island

Canonchet is a small village in the town of Hopkinton in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.[1][2][3][4]

The hamlet developed as a mill village in the nineteenth century, generally centered on a mile segment of Canonchet Road.[5] It was previously called Asheville (or Ashville).[6] The "Canonchet Village Historic District" includes the main stretch of the community on Canonchet Road.[7][8] The community is located due northeast of the center of Hopkinton and both Interstate 95 and Rhode Island Route 3 run through it. Interstate 95's Exit 2 is located in Canonchet. Canonchet is also the name of a Narragansett sachem in the area who was executed during King Philip's War.

1920 U.S. Census data listed the village's population as 124.[9]

References
  1. Cole, J.R. History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island, p. 756 (1889)
  2. House, Kirk W. Hopkinton, p. 61 (2004)
  3. A Mystery at Canonceht, Small State Big History, Retrieved 24 May 2023
  4. (19 January 2018). Mills have gone, but the village remains, Providence Journal ("West is Canonchet, a village of Hopkinton")
  5. Hopkinton Preliminary Report, Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission (1976)
  6. Rhode Island, A Guide to the Smallest State, p. 358 (1937)
  7. Town of Hopkinton, 2017 Comprehensive Plan, p. 145 (2017)
  8. Canonchet Village Historic District, State of Rhode Island, Historyic Property Search, Retrieved 24 May 2023
  9. 1920 Population of the United States (1921)

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