Spencers Corner

Spencers Corner is a neighborhood in Town of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. Spencers Corner is situated nearby to the neighborhood Moosehorn Corner, as well as near Shippee Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include New England Wireless and Steam Museum and Crompton Free Library.

New England Wireless and Steam Museum

Museum

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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 2½ miles south of Spencers Corner.

Crompton Free Library

Library

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The Crompton Free Library is a historic library building in West Warwick, Rhode Island. The small single-story wood-frame building was constructed in 1876, with funding from local mill owners. Crompton Free Library is situated 2 miles north of Spencers Corner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crompton and Quidnick.

Crompton

Village

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Crompton is a community in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. It is named after Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule. The Crompton Mill was set up in 1807, on the east bank of the Pawtuxet River, and is thought to be the first stone mill built in Rhode Island. Crompton is situated 2 miles north of Spencers Corner.

Quidnick

Neighborhood

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Quidnick is a village within the town of Coventry, Rhode Island. Before the American Revolution the area where Anthony and Quidnick are today was originally named Greeneville for the Greene Family who had operated an iron forge in the mid-18th century. Quidnick is situated 3 miles north of Spencers Corner.

Spring Lake

Neighborhood

Spring Lake is a village in the town of Coventry, Rhode Island. The Johnson family were early owners of the land in the area and, in 1818, sold the property to Ezra Ramsdell to build a warp thread mill along the Mishnock River. Spring Lake is situated 3 miles northwest of Spencers Corner.

Spencers Corner

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Spencer Corner” and “Spencer’s Corner”
Category: locality
Location: Town of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.65734° or 41° 39′ 26″ north

Longitude

-71.52662° or 71° 31′ 36″ west

Elevation

308 feet (94 metres)

Open location code

87HCMF4F+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9448475436

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

5225025

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Localities in the Area

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