Quonochontaug (/ˈkwɑːnəkɒntɒɡ/ KWAH-nə-kon-tog, also known as Quonnie) is a village in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It is composed of...
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Jerusalem, Green Hill, and Quonochontaug being heavily destroyed, with a storm surge of 12–15ft all along the coast of Rhode Island. Many factories, mines...
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Charlestown is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 7,997 at the 2020 census. Charlestown is named after King Charles...
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Quonochontaug (KWAHN-uh-kon-tog) is a coastal lagoon in the towns of Charlestown and Westerly, both in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States....
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This is a list of lakes and ponds in Rhode Island, United States. The state contains hundreds of bodies of water, totaling to 20,749 acres (8,397 ha) of...
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county located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,839. Rhode Island counties have no governmental functions...
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census-designated place in southern Washington County, Rhode Island, part of the town of Westerly, Rhode Island. The population was 425 at the 2010 census. "Weekapaug"...
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651'W, Quonochontaug, Washington County Seal Island Sedge Beds Shell Island Skippers Island Snake Island Spar Island Spectacle Island Star Island Starve...
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Route 216 is a numbered state highway running 8.1 miles (13.0 km) in Rhode Island. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Charlestown, and...
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Route 1 (US 1) is a major north–south U.S. Route through the U.S. state of Rhode Island, specifically within the Providence metropolitan area. Staying close...
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suffered a stroke at the Mulder family's former summerhouse in Quonochontaug, Rhode Island. She survived thanks to a quick emergency call from X, paramedics...
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Whistling Chimneys, located on Main Street in the Quonochontaug section of Charlestown, Rhode Island. The oldest portion of this 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame...
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Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge (category Protected areas of Washington County, Rhode Island)
Department of the Interior. "Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge". VisitRhodeIsland.com. Retrieved June 12, 2009. "Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge". U...
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This is a list of census-designated places in Rhode Island. The United States Census Bureau defines census-designated places as unincorporated communities...
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District Schoolhouse No. 2 (category School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island)
Greek Revival structure was built c. 1838, and originally stood in the Quonochontaug area, before being moved to its present location (along with its foundation...
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Guard Auxiliary North Star Flotilla Narragansett Bay Rhode Island". "Station Castle Hill, Rhode Island" (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard History Program. United States...
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List of beaches in New England (redirect from List of beaches in Rhode Island)
neighboring beaches, formerly a nude beach) Charlestown (neighborhood of Quonochontaug) Blue Shutters Town Beach Burlingame State Park Charlestown Breachway...
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Sheffield House (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island)
an historic house on Beach Road in the Quonochontaug section of Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, wood-shingled, gambrel-roofed...
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Weekapaug Inn (category Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island)
Westerly, Rhode Island. In 1899, Phebe and Frederick C. Buffum built the original Weekapaug Inn on a strip of land between the Quonochontaug Pond and the...
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Ninigret (category Native American people from Rhode Island)
Niantic Indian tribe in New England at the time of colonization, based in Rhode Island. In 1637, he allied with the colonists and the Narragansetts against...
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B. Dallas United States The canal boat was run ashore near Quonochontaug, Rhode Island, to prevent her sinking. Her cargo of coal and her boiler were...
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Shipwrecks (F) "Discover the Amazing Shipwrecks Lying at the Bottom of the Long Island Sound". MSN. Retrieved 20 August 2023. "Oscar C. Aiken". soundunderwatersurvey...
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ashore off the United States Life-Saving Service station at Quonochontaug, Rhode Island. Jean Bart French Navy The Alger-class protected cruiser was...
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Shipwrecks (S)". Retrieved 28 October 2019. Meide, Chuck (January 2001). "Dog Island Shipwreck Survey 1999: Report of Historical and Archaeological Investigations"...
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Cook Observatory, Philadelphia 792 University of Rhode Island RI University of Rhode Island, Quonochontaug 793 Dudley Observatory (before 1893) NY Dudley...
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East Beach State Beach (category State parks of Rhode Island)
area on Quonochontaug Neck, the narrow barrier island that separates Block Island Sound and Ninigret Pond, in the town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, United...
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List of place names of Native American origin in New England (category Native American history of Rhode Island)
comprises six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Listed are well-known names of towns, significant bodies...
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Narragansett) "at the round rock" Pontiac: famous mid-18th century Ottawa chief Quonochontaug: (Narragansett) "home of the blackfish" Sakonnet River (and point):...
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York pilots that owned the Isaac Webb, which was lost off Quonochontaug Beach, Long Island in July 1879. She was run down by the Guion Line steamer SS...
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. 30 January 1851. p. 2. "Staten Island". The New York Times. New York, New York. 3 April 1873. p. 8. Retrieved...
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