Canonchet, Rhode Island Explained

Canonchet (^[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]

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41.49°N -71.7328°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Farzan . Antonia Noori . Rhode Island pronunciation guide: 35 names that visitors and even some locals get wrong . 2024-07-04 . The Providence Journal . en-US.
2. Cole, J.R. History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island, p. 756 (1889)
3. House, Kirk W. Hopkinton, p. 61 (2004)
4. http://smallstatebighistory.com/a-mystery-at-canonchet-who-built-the-stone-piles-in-hopkinton-and-why/ A Mystery at Canonceht
5. (January 19, 2018). Mills have gone, but the village remains, Providence Journal ("West is Canonchet, a village of Hopkinton")
6. https://preservation.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur406/files/pdfs_zips_downloads/survey_pdfs/hopkinton.pdf Hopkinton Preliminary Report
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=jtpToXXsbioC&dq=canonchet+asheville&pg=PA358 Rhode Island, A Guide to the Smallest State
8. https://www.hopkintonri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/HopkintonPlanCleanDraft_032217.pdf Town of Hopkinton, 2017 Comprehensive Plan
9. https://www.ri.gov/preservation/search/search.php?town=&streetname=&name1=canonchet&style=&hfunc=&cfunc=&x=0&y=0 Canonchet Village Historic District
10. https://archive.org/details/1920populationof00lori/page/n23/mode/2up?q=canonchet 1920 Population of the United States