Lafayette
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: historic district in North Kingstown, Rhode Island
- Also known as: “La Fayette” and “Lafayette Village”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wickford Junction station and Poplar Point Light.
Wickford Junction station
Railway station
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Wickford Junction station is a commuter rail station located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. It is the southern terminus of the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line and serves as a park and ride location for commuters to Providence and Boston.
Poplar Point Light
Lighthouse
Poplar Point Light, built in 1831, is an historic lighthouse in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It stands at the end of Poplar Point, marking the southern point of Wickford Harbor. Poplar Point Light is situated 2 miles east of Lafayette.
Cornelius Island
Islet
Cornelius Island is a small uninhabited island in Wickford Harbor, Narragansett Bay, Wickford, Rhode Island. Cornelius Island is situated 1½ miles east of Lafayette.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wickford and North Kingstown.
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.
North Kingstown
North Kingstown is in Washington County, Rhode Island in the United States of America. It has 30 mi of coastline on Narragansett Bay and covers almost 58 sq mi.
Exeter
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Lafayette
- Categories: historic district and locality
- Location: Town of North Kingstown, South County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.57066° or 41° 34′ 14″ northLongitude
-71.47728° or 71° 28′ 38″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Open location code
87HCHGCF+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 158869437OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Lafayette” goes by many names.
- French: “Lafayette Village”
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