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Rhode Island (/ˌroʊd-/ ^ⓘ ROHD) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020; but it has grown at every decennial count since 1790 and is the second-most densely populated state, after New Jersey. The state takes its name from the eponymous island, though nearly all its land area is on the mainland. Providence is its capital and most populous city.

Native Americans lived around Narragansett Bay for thousands of years before English settlers began arriving in the early 17th century. Rhode Island was unique among the Thirteen British Colonies in having been founded by a refugee, Roger Williams, who fled religious persecution in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to establish a haven for religious liberty. He founded Providence in 1636 on land purchased from local tribes, creating the first settlement in North America with an explicitly secular government. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations subsequently became a destination for religious and political dissenters and social outcasts, earning it the moniker "Rogue's Island".

Rhode Island was the first colony to call for a Continental Congress, in 1774, and the first to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown, on May 4, 1776. After the American Revolution, during which it was heavily occupied and contested, Rhode Island became the fourth state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, on February 9, 1778. Because its citizens favored a weaker central government, it boycotted the 1787 convention that had drafted the United States Constitution, which it initially refused to ratify; it finally ratified it on May 29, 1790, the last of the original 13 states to do so.

The state was officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations since the colonial era but came to be commonly known as "Rhode Island". In November 2020, the state's voters approved an amendment to the state constitution formally dropping "and Providence Plantations" from its full name. Its official nickname is the "Ocean State", a reference to its 400 mi (640 km) of coastline and the large bays and inlets that make up about 14% of its area. (Full article...)

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This is a list of the five counties in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Rhode Island is tied with Hawaii for having the second-fewest counties of any U.S. state (only Delaware has fewer, with three counties). Although Rhode Island is divided into counties, it does not have any local government at the county level. Instead, local governance is provided by the eight cities and thirty-one towns. Counties in Rhode Island have had no governmental functions since 1846 other than as court administrative and sheriff corrections boundaries which are part of state government.

Within Rhode Island, Washington County is colloquially referred to as South County. (Full article...)

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Woonsocket (/wʊnˈsɒkɪt, wən-/ ^ⓘ wuun-SOK-it, wən-), is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 43,240 at the 2020 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state. Being Rhode Island's northernmost city, Woonsocket lies directly south of the Massachusetts state line and constitutes part of both the Providence metropolitan area and the larger Greater Boston Combined Statistical Area.

The city is the corporate headquarters of CVS Health, a pharmacy services provider. It is home to Landmark Medical Center, the Museum of Work and Culture, and the American-French Genealogical Society. (Full article...)

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... that Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island, was described as "the finest in the New Haven system"?
... that a Rhode Island TV station broadcast for 14 months and then was off the air for 26 years before returning?
... that James Diossa rescued the only public library and post office in Central Falls, Rhode Island, when the city went into bankruptcy?
... that three decades after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, built their own railroad?

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One hundred years after the declaration that all men are created equal, there began to gather in Newport a colony of the rich, determined to show that some Americans were conspicuously more equal than others.

— Alistair Cooke

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Misquamicut State Beach is a state park that stretches 7 miles from Weekapaug in the east westward to Watch Hill. Misquamicut is in southern Washington County and is part of the town of Westerly.

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Image 1The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 2The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 3A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 4Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 5University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 61884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 7Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 8In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams (from Rhode Island)
Image 9Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 10The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 11Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 12Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 13A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 14A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 15Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 16Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 17The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 18The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 19In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 20Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 21In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 22In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 23Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 24Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 25Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 26Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 27The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 28A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 29Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 30University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 31The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 32The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 33University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 34The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 35The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 36County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 37Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 38Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 391884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 40County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 41The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 42Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 43The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 44Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 45The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 46The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 47Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 48Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 49The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 50Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 51University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 52Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 53Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 54Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 55The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 56Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 57Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 58In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 59Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 60Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 61The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 62Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 63In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams (from Rhode Island)
Image 64The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)

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The Newport Bridge spanning the Narragansett Bay

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