Misquamicut
Misquamicut is a census-designated place and fire district in southern Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It is part of the town of Westerly. The population was listed as 434 in the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 390 residents
- Description: census designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island
- Also known as: “Mishaquomacuk”, “Mishquamicuk”, “Misquamicut, Rhode Island”, “Misquamicut, RI”, “Pleasant View”, and “Pleasant View Beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Westerly State Airport and Ocean House.
Westerly State Airport
Aerodrome
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Westerly State Airport is a public use airport in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It serves the town of Westerly and is located 2 nmi southeast of its central business district. Westerly State Airport is situated 2 miles north of Misquamicut.
Ocean House
Resort
Photo: Stephg82988, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ocean House is a large, Victorian-style waterfront hotel originally constructed in 1868 on Bluff Avenue in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The original 1868 hotel closed in 2003; it was demolished in 2005 and a new facility opened in 2010 on the same site which retained much of the original structure's form and appearance, as well as the original name. Ocean House is situated 2½ miles west of Misquamicut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watch Hill and Weekapaug.
Watch Hill
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
Watch Hill is a district in Westerly, which is a town in Rhode Island. Watch Hill is a wealthy, summer tourist district comprised of two main streets. Most of the homes are summer mansions.
Weekapaug
Village
Weekapaug is a census-designated place in southern Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, part of the town of Westerly. The population was 425 at the 2010 census. Weekapaug is situated 3 miles east of Misquamicut.
Mechanic Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mechanic Street Historic District encompasses a historic 19th-century mill and mill village in a 14-block area of the Pawcatuck section of Stonington, Connecticut. Mechanic Street Historic District is situated 3½ miles north of Misquamicut.
Misquamicut
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Town of Westerly, South County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.32233° or 41° 19′ 20″ northLongitude
-71.81129° or 71° 48′ 41″ westPopulation
390Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87HC85CQ+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 158798383OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
5223407Wikidata ID
Q6018580
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Misquamicut” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Misquamicut”
- Chechen: “Мисквамикат”
- French: “Misquamicut”
- Gilaki: “میسکوامیکات (رؤد آیلند)”
- Gilaki: “میسکوامیکات”
- Hebrew: “מיסקואמיקוט”
- Irish: “Misquamicut”
- Ladin: “Misquamicut”
- Polish: “Misquamicut”
- Serbian: “Misquamicut, Rhode Island”
- Serbian: “Misquamicut”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Misquamicut, Rhode Island”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Misquamicut”
- Spanish: “Misquamicut (Rhode Island)”
- Spanish: “Misquamicut”
- Tatar: “Мисквамикат”
- Turkish: “Misquamicut”
- Ukrainian: “Місквамікат”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jet Ski Rental and Misquamicut Fire Department.
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