Place:Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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NameProvidence
Alt namesProvidencesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates41.833°N 71.6°W
Located inRhode Island, United States     (1703 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
North Burial Grounds
Pocasset Cemetery
Rockland Cemetery
Swan Point Cemetery
Union Cemetery
Census-designated place
Cumberland Hill
Greenville
Harrisville
Pascoag
Valley Falls
Inhabited place
Abbott Run
Albion
Armington Corner
Arnold Mills
Ashland
Ashton
Berkeley
Bishop Heights
Branch Village
Bridgeton
Burrillville
Carpenters Corner
Central Falls
Chepachet
Cherry Valley Beach
Cherry Valley
Chopmist
Clarkville
Clayville
Cranston
Cumberland
Diamond Hill
Dyerville
East Providence Center
East Providence
Elmdale
Esmond
Field Station
Forestdale
Foster
Fountain Spring
Gazzaville
Glendale
Globe
Glocester
Gloucester
Graniteville
Grants Mills
Hamlet
Harmony
Harrisdale
Hope
Hopkins Mills
Huntsville
Jackson
Johnston
Kent
Lime Rock
Lincoln
Lonsdale
Luther Corner
Manville
Mapleville
Merino
Mohegan
Mooseup Valley
Narragansett Terrace
Nasonville
North Foster
North Providence
North Scituate
North Smithfield
Oak Valley
Oakland
Oaklawn
Pawtucket
Pawtuxet
Pocasset
Ponaganset
Pontiac
Potterville
Primrose
Providence ( 1500 - )
Quinnville
Richmond
Riverside
Rockland
Round Top
Rumford
Saundersville
Sayles Bleachery
Saylesville Highlands
Saylesville
Scituate
Silver Spring
Simmons Corner
Slatersville
Smithfield
Social
Sockanosset
South Foster
South Scituate
Stillwater
Tarkiln
Union Village
Vernon
Vue de l'eau
Waldron Corners
Wanskuck
Waterford
Waterman Four Corners
Wayland
Wescott Beach
West Greenville
Whipple
Woonsocket ( 1500 - )
Unknown
Arkwright
Auburn
Centerdale
Fiskeville
Howard
Laurel Hill
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Providence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of 2010, the population was 626,667. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Providence County, in the city of Cranston [1]. It is the 97th most populous county in the United States.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1703 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1790 24,391
1800 25,854
1810 30,769
1820 35,736
1830 47,018
1840 58,073
1850 87,526
1860 107,799
1870 149,190
1880 197,874
1890 255,123
1900 328,683
1910 424,353
1920 475,190
1930 540,016
1940 550,298
1950 574,973
1960 568,778
1970 580,261
1980 571,349
1990 596,270
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External links

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