Canonchet (cuh-NON-chet[1]) is a small village in the town of Hopkinton in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.[2][3][4][5]
The hamlet developed as a mill village in the nineteenth century, generally centered on a mile segment of Canonchet Road.[6] It was previously called Asheville (or Ashville).[7] The "Canonchet Village Historic District" includes the main stretch of the community on Canonchet Road.[8][9] 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.[10]
References
edit- ^ Farzan, Antonia Noori. "Rhode Island pronunciation guide: 35 names that visitors and even some locals get wrong". The Providence Journal. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ Cole, J.R. History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island, p. 756 (1889)
- ^ House, Kirk W. Hopkinton, p. 61 (2004)
- ^ A Mystery at Canonceht, Small State Big History, Retrieved May 24, 2023
- ^ (January 19, 2018). Mills have gone, but the village remains, Providence Journal ("West is Canonchet, a village of Hopkinton")
- ^ Hopkinton Preliminary Report, Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission (1976)
- ^ Rhode Island, A Guide to the Smallest State, p. 358 (1937)
- ^ Town of Hopkinton, 2017 Comprehensive Plan, p. 145 (2017)
- ^ Canonchet Village Historic District, State of Rhode Island, Historyic Property Search, Retrieved May 24, 2023
- ^ 1920 Population of the United States (1921)
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