Wightmans Corner
Wightmans Corner is a neighborhood in Town of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. Wightmans Corner is situated nearby to the neighborhood Woods Corner, as well as near Places Corner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
- Also known as: “Wightman’s Corner” and “Wightmans Corner, Rhode Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include New England Wireless and Steam 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Exeter and Lafayette.
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
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 4½ miles southeast of Wightmans 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 4½ miles northwest of Wightmans Corner.
Wightmans Corner
Latitude
41.62027° or 41° 37′ 13″ northLongitude
-71.53605° or 71° 32′ 10″ westElevation
299 feet (91 metres)Open location code
87HCJFC7+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 201238761OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Peleg Wood Lot and Dead Swamp.
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