Mountaindale, Rhode Island Explained

Mountaindale (also known as Mountain Dale) is a locale in the town of Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The area is currently included in the Greenville, Rhode Island census-designated place and is sometimes referred to as part of Spragueville.

Mountaindale is one of the named villages of Smithfield.[1] [2] [3] Mountaindale was home to the Mountain Dale Hosiery Mill owned by J.P. and J.G. Ray.[4]

It is currently a named place in Rhode Island.[5]

It is named in a political graveyard reference source.[6]

Mountaindale Beach is located in Mountaindale.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ri.gov/towns/view/smithfield/ Smithfield town website
  2. http://www.smithfieldri.com/smithfieldfacts.htm Smithfield official town website listing Mountaindale synonymously as a section or village
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=HxkMAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22mountain+dale%22+rhode+island&pg=RA4-PA22 Mountain Dale listed as a village 1893
  4. Web site: History of the Town of Smithfield [R.I.]: From Its Organization, in 1730-1, to Its Division, in 1871. 1881.
  5. http://www.rhodora.org/NECounty/RI.html COUNTY LOCATION OF NEW ENGLAND PLACE NAMES
  6. http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/gazetteer/113.html Political graveyard source