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Scituate, Rhode Island
Scituate, Rhode Island (Rhode Island)
Scituate, Rhode Island
Scituate, Rhode Island
Location within the state of Rhode Island
Coordinates: 41°47′7″N 71°36′36″W / 41.78528, -71.61
CountryUnited States
StateRhode Island
CountyProvidence
Area
 - Total54. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States This is a list of the five counties in the US state of Rhode Island. Providence County is a County located in the US state of Rhode Island. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 8 sq mi (141. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 9 km²)
 - Land48. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi (126. 1 km²)
 - Water6. 1 sq mi (15. 8 km²)
Elevation440 ft (134 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total10,324
 - Density212. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 1/sq mi (81. 9/km²)
Time zoneEastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST)EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes02815, 02857
Area code(s)401
FIPS code44-64220[1]
GNIS feature ID1220077[2]

Scituate is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 401 is the Telephone Area code serving all of the state of Rhode Island. Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states Providence County is a County located in the US state of Rhode Island. Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The population was 10,324 at the 2000 census.

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History

Scituate was first settled in 1710 by emigrants from Scituate, Massachusetts. Scituate is a small seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod Bay midway between Boston and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The original spelling of the town's name was "Satuit", a native Indian word meaning "cold brook" or "cold river. "

Scituate's first town meeting was held at the Angell Tavern in South Scituate, with Stephen Hopkins elected as the first moderator and Joseph Brown as clerk. Stephen Hopkins later became a governor of Rhode Island and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Stephen Hopkins (March 7 1707 &ndash July 13 1785 was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. His brother, Esek Hopkins, was Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy beginning in 1776. Esek Hopkins ( 26 April 1718 &ndash 26 February 1802) was Commander in Chief of the Fleet throughout the American Revolutionary War In 1787 Scituate representative, militia general and Supreme Court Justice William West led an armed anti-federalist mob of farmers into Providence to protest the U. William West (c 1733 &ndash 1816 was an American militia general in the American Revolutionary War, Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Deputy S. Constitution. [3] In 1792 the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of West v. Barnes, regarding a farm in Scituate. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. West v Barnes, 2 US 401 ( 1791) was the first United States Supreme Court calling for argument and it was decided on August 3,

Scituate was once made up of a multitude of small villages, including, North Scituate, Hope, Ashland, Clayville, Elmdale, Fiskeville, Glenn Rock, Harrisdale, Jackson, Kent, Ponaganset, Potterville, Richmond, Rockland, Saundersville, and South Scituate. Smithville-North Scituate is a historic district and village in Scituate Rhode Island on the Danielson Pike and West Greenville Road Clayville Historic Distric is an Historic district in Scituate Rhode Island bounded by Cole Avenue Plainfield Pike Field Hill Road and Victory Highway In 1915, the Rhode Island General Assembly voted to take 14,800 acres (60 km²) of land in Scituate (38% of the town) to create a reservoir to supply fresh water to greater Providence. This project resulted in the condemnation of "1,195 buildings, including 375 houses, seven schools, six churches, six mills, thirty dairy farms, eleven ice houses, post offices, and an electric railway system, the Providence and Danielson Railway system". (2) The hamlets of Kent, Richmond, Rockland, South Scituate, Ashland, Saundersville, Ponaganset and parts of North Scituate and Clayville disappeared forever.

Scituate has played an important role in many of the United States wars. During the Revolutionary War, 76 cannons were forged at the Hope Furnace in the village of Hope in southern Scituate. During World War II, a Federal Communications Commission Signals Intelligence Division facility on Darby Road on Chopmist Hill (41.8198° N 71.6453° W) intercepted German HF communications. Because of this, in 1946, the Chopmist Hill area was considered as a candidate for the location of the headquarters of the United Nations.

Proposed Town of Westconnaug

In February 2008 Rhode Island State Representative Nicholas Gorham proposed legislation to create a super town of rural communities including Scituate. Other towns that would be included in his proposed town of "Westconnaug" are West Greenwich, Exeter, Foster, Glocester, and the western part of Coventry. West Greenwich is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. Exeter is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. Foster is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, in the United States. Glocester is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. Coventry is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. [4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 54. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 8 square miles (141. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 9 km²), of which, 48. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 square miles (126. 1 km²) of it is land and 6. 1 square miles (15. 8 km²) of it (11. 15%) is water.

Scituate Reservoir

One of the most prominent features of the town is the Scituate Reservoir. The large reservoir spans a large portion of Scituate and has forever changed the face of the town. During construction of the reservoir, numerous villages were flooded along the former banks of the Pawtuxet River. Some foundations of the old structures are still visible today during times of drought. The reservoir, and a large portion of land surrounding it is owned and maintained by the Providence Water Supply Board.

The main Scituate reservoir was formed by the construction of a dam across the Pawtuxet River at the former village of Kent. The dam, principally of earth, is about 3,200 feet (980 m) long and 100 feet (30 m) high. Water storage in the reservoir began on November 10, 1925. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw An aqueduct from the dam feeds the nearby treatment plant which was placed in operation on September 30, 1926. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the

The Scituate Reservoir is the largest freshwater body of water in the state of Rhode Island. It has an aggregate capacity of 39 billion U. S. gallons and a surface area of 5. 3 square miles (13. 7 km²). It and its six tributary reservoirs—which make up a total surface area of 7. 2 square miles (18. 6 km²)—supply drinking water to more than 60 percent of the state population. The surrounding drainage basin that provides water to the reservoir system covers an area of about 94 square miles (243. 5 km²), which includes most of the town of Scituate and parts of Foster, Glocester, Johnston, and Cranston. The Scituate Reservoir is operated by Providence Water Supply Board.

The original treatment plant was state-of-the-art at the time of its construction. The plant was considered to be among the most technologically advanced of its day, and for many years the filtration system was the only plant of its type in New England. As demand continued to grow, the treatment plant underwent major expansions and renovations in the 1940s and again in the '60s. Today, the plant has a maximum treatment capacity of 144 million gallons of water per day and still remains the largest treatment facility in New England. Source: http://www.provwater.com/history.htm

Demographics

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 10,324 people, 3,780 households, and 2,929 families residing in the town. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 212. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 1 people per square mile (81. 9/km²). There were 3,904 housing units at an average density of 80. 2/sq mi (31. 0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98. 13% White, 0. 29% African American, 0. 07% Native American, 0. 58% Asian, 0. 03% Pacific Islander, 0. 32% from other races, and 0. 58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 75% of the population.

There were 3,780 households out of which 36. 2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67. 3% were married couples living together, 7. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22. 5% were non-families. 18. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 72 and the average family size was 3. 12.

In the town the population was spread out with 25. 5% under the age of 18, 5. 9% from 18 to 24, 28. 8% from 25 to 44, 27. 7% from 45 to 64, and 12. 0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96. 3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94. 4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $60,788, and the median income for a family was $67,593. Males had a median income of $42,392 versus $30,703 for females. The per capita income for the town was $28,092. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 2. 0% of families and 3. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 3% of those under age 18 and 5. 5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

In 1839, the Lapham Institute, a Freewill Baptist institution was founded in North Scituate and existed on and off as an educational institution until 1876. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Lapham Institute was a Freewill Baptist academy on Institute Lane in North Scituate, Rhode Island that closed in 1876 The American Baptist Association (ABA is an association of independent participating Landmark Baptist churches that carry out missions and indoctrination in good will Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Pentecostal Collegiate Institute then moved to the former campus from Saratoga Springs, New York in 1902. Eastern Nazarene College ( ENC) is a college of the liberal arts and sciences in Quincy, Massachusetts. Saratoga Springs is a City in Saratoga County, New York, USA. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting When PCI became Eastern Nazarene College and left in 1919, William Holland purchased the property and moved his Watchman Industrial School and Camp there in 1923. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Watchman Industrial School and Camp, known to some as the Watchman Institute, was founded 1908 by Reverend William S Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was allegedly burned several times by the local Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and 1930s[5] and closed in 1938, although the summer camp operated until 1974. Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Summer camp is a supervised Program for Children and/or Teenagers conducted (usually during the Summer Months in some countries Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Greek Revival buildings and campus are now the Scituate Commons, an apartment complex on Institute Lane. The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries predominantly in northern Europe and the United States

Scituate Art Festival

The Scituate Art Festival,[6] held every Columbus Day weekend since 1967, features over 300 artists and craftspeople displaying and selling their artwork in the picturesque New England village. Visitors number in the 200,000 to 350,000 range per festival. The Old Congregational Church (North Scituate, Rhode Island) grounds are used for part of the festival. Old Congregational Church is a historic church building off US 6 on Greenville Rd

National Historic Places in Scituate

Noted people

References

  1. ^ a b American FactFinder. Arthur Wallace Steere ( 1865 - 1943) was a Rhode Island politician and prominent businessman and landowner James Burrill Angell ( January 7, 1829 near Scituate Rhode Island &ndash April 1, 1916, Ann Arbor Michigan) was an The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research The University of Vermont is a national public research university and the state of Vermont's land-grant university United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  2. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  3. ^ The Vernon family and arms, by Harrison Ellery, with additions and corrections by Thomas Vernon
  4. ^ Providence Journal 2008-02-09, Lawmaker proposes a super town made up of 5 towns and part of Coventry, by Lisa Vernon-Sparks
  5. ^ The Rhode Island Century
  6. ^ Scituate Art Festival
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