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Adamsville

Adamsville is a historic village in , United States. It was first settled in 1675 around the time of King Philip's War and was named after the second president of the United States, John Adams.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Rhode Island, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Adamsville, Rhode Island” and “Adamsville, RI”
  • Postal code: 02801

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rhode Island Red Monument and Gray’s General Store.

Monument
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The in the hamlet of Adamsville of , at the intersection of Main Street, Adamsville Road, and Old Harbor Road, commemorates the Rhode Island Red breed of chicken, Rhode Island's state bird.

General store
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Gray's General Store was a general store located at 4 Main Street in Adamsville, Rhode Island. Founded in 1788, it operated for almost 225 years and was reputed to be the oldest continually operating general store in the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westport Point and Acoaxet.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ miles southeast of Adamsville.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ miles southeast of Adamsville.

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is a rural farming town in in southeastern . It includes the villages of Adamsville and Sakonnet. It is between the Sakonnet River on its west and and the West Branch of the Westport River to the east.

Adamsville

Latitude
41.55431° or 41° 33′ 16″ north
Longitude
-71.12923° or 71° 7′ 45″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
87HCHV3C+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158903674
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5220559
Wiki­data ID
Q4680531
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In Other Languages

From French to Turkish—“Adamsville” goes by many names.
  • French: “Adamsville”
  • German: “Adamsville”
  • Irish: “Adamsville”
  • Turkish: “Adamsville”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Phillip Manchester Wheeler Memorial Common and U.S. Post Office Adamsville Rhod Island;Adamsville Post Office.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Adamsville”. Photo: Linnaea s, CC0.