Briggs Corner

Briggs Corner is a mountain in Town of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island and has an elevation of 75 feet. Briggs Corner is situated nearby to the neighborhood Hamiltons Corner, as well as near the locality Davisville, North Kingston.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Davisville Free Library and Six Principle Baptist Church.

Stony Lane Six Principle Baptist Church, also known as the Old Baptist Meeting House, is a historic church in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. As of 2009 it was one of the last surviving historical congregations of the Six Principle Baptist denomination and one of the oldest churches in the United States.

Davisville Historic District

Historic site

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Davisville Historic District is a historic district on Davisville Road in Davisville, Rhode Island, a village in North Kingstown. It encompasses the site of an early 19th-century mill, and several associated buildings, including five houses dating to the 18th or 19th century and a cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lafayette and Exeter.

Lafayette

Neighborhood

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

Lafayette Village is a historic district extending along Ten Rod Road in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It encompasses a linear rural and industrial village, running from the Wickford Junction railroad crossing in the west to Angel Avenue in the east, and includes a number of residential properties on adjacent side streets. Lafayette is situated 2½ miles south of Briggs Corner.

Exeter

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Exeter is a small, spread-out town in southwestern Rhode Island. Exeter is noted by folklorists as the site of one of the best documented examples of vampire exhumation: the Mercy Brown Vampire Incident of 1892.

Wickford

Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wickford is a small village and seaport in North Kingstown that seems to keep its historical charm despite being a tourist attraction. The tides lap its grounded shores and echo a story of its distinguished past.

Briggs Corner

Type: Mountain with an elevation of 75 feet
Also known as: “Blind Briggs Corner” and “Brigg’s Corner”
Category: landform
Location: Town of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.60788° or 41° 36′ 28″ north

Longitude

-71.49284° or 71° 29′ 34″ west

Elevation

75 feet (23 metres)

Open location code

87HCJG54+5V

GeoNames ID

5221070

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