South County Museum
South County Museum is a museum in Town of North Kingstown, South County, Rhode Island. South County Museum is situated nearby to Six Principle Baptist Church, as well as near the neighborhood Lafayette.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Six Principle Baptist Church and Wickford Junction station.
Six Principle Baptist Church
Church
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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. Six Principle Baptist Church is situated 2,900 feet east of South County Museum.
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. Wickford Junction station is situated 1 mile southeast of South County Museum.
New England Wireless and Steam Museum
Museum
The New England Wireless and Steam Museum is an electrical and mechanical engineering museum at 1300 Frenchtown Road in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, with working steam engines and an early wireless station and technology archives. New England Wireless and Steam Museum is situated 2 miles north of South County Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lafayette and Exeter.
Lafayette
Neighborhood
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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 2 miles southeast of South County Museum.
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.
South County Museum
- Type: Museum
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Town of North Kingstown, South County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.59288° or 41° 35′ 34″ northLongitude
-71.50228° or 71° 30′ 8″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
87HCHFVX+53GeoNames ID
5224986
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