Rhode Island
Providence County
City of Cranston

Cranston

Cranston is the second largest city in by population with 83,000 residents in 2020. It lies north of and south of .
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  • Type: City with 81,500 residents
  • Description: city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
  • Also known as: “Cranston, Rhode Island”, “Cranston, RI”, “Mashapaug”, “Maushapogue”, and “Maushapoque”
  • Postal codes: 02910, 02920, and 02921
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Roger Williams Park Zoo and Roger Williams Park.

Zoo
The of , contains more than 800 animals in natural settings from a total of 160 species from around the world.

Park
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is an elaborately landscaped 427-acre city park in and a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Museum
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The is an historic mansion and museum at 1351 Cranston Street in Cranston, Rhode Island. The house was the birthplace of Governor William Sprague III and his nephew, Governor William Sprague IV.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Providence and Elmwood.

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is in , Rhode Island. It is a largely African-American and Hispanic community and the population of people is very culturally diverse.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the of , . The triangular region is demarcated by Broad Street, Avenue, and Interstate 95.

Neighborhood
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is an urban neighborhood in the city of Cranston, Rhode Island.

Cranston

Latitude
41.7796° or 41° 46′ 47″ north
Longitude
-71.4367° or 71° 26′ 12″ west
Population
81,500
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CQH
Open location code
87HCQHH7+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158817217
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5221659
Wiki­data ID
Q49197
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cranston” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كرانستون”
  • Armenian: “Քրենսթոն, Ռոդ Այլենդ”
  • Armenian: “Քրենսթոն”
  • Basque: “Cranston”
  • Bengali: “ক্রেন্সটন”
  • Breton: “Cranston”
  • Catalan: “Cranston”
  • Cebuano: “Cranston”
  • Chechen: “Кренстон”
  • Chinese: “Cranston”
  • Chinese: “克兰斯顿”
  • Chinese: “克蘭斯頓”
  • Cornish: “Cranston, Ynys Rhode”
  • Cornish: “Cranston”
  • Czech: “Cranston”
  • Danish: “Cranston”
  • Dutch: “Cranston”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كرانستون”
  • Esperanto: “Cranston”
  • Finnish: “Cranston”
  • French: “Cranston”
  • German: “Cranston”
  • Gilaki: “کرنستن (رؤد آیلند)”
  • Gilaki: “کرنستن”
  • Greek: “Κράνστον”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રેન્સ્ટન”
  • Haitian: “Cranston, Rhode”
  • Haitian: “Cranston”
  • Hebrew: “קרנסטון”
  • Hindi: “क्रैनस्टोन”
  • Hungarian: “Cranston”
  • Indonesian: “Cranston”
  • Irish: “Cranston, Oileán Rhode”
  • Irish: “Cranston”
  • Italian: “Cranston”
  • Japanese: “クランストン”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “크랜스턴”
  • Ladin: “Cranston”
  • Latvian: “Krenstona”
  • Lithuanian: “Kranstonas”
  • Lithuanian: “Krenstonas”
  • Malay: “Cranston”
  • Marathi: “क्रॅस्‍टोन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cranston”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cranston”
  • Norwegian: “Cranston”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cranston”
  • Persian: “کرانستون، رود آیلند”
  • Persian: “کرانستون”
  • Polish: “Cranston”
  • Portuguese: “Cranston”
  • Russian: “Кранстон”
  • Russian: “Крэнстон”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cranston, Rhode Island”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cranston”
  • Serbian: “Кранстон”
  • Serbian: “Кренстон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cranston, Rhode Island”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cranston”
  • Sinhala: “ක්‍රෑන්ස්ටන්”
  • Slovak: “Cranston”
  • Slovenian: “Cranston”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کرانزتون، رهود ایسلند”
  • Spanish: “Cranston (Rhode Island)”
  • Spanish: “Cranston”
  • Swahili: “Cranston, Rhode Island”
  • Swahili: “Cranston”
  • Swedish: “Cranston”
  • Tamil: “கிரான்ஸ்டன்”
  • Tatar: “Кренстон”
  • Telugu: “క్రాన్స్టోన్”
  • Thai: “แครนสตัน”
  • Turkish: “Cranston, Rhode Island”
  • Turkish: “Cranston”
  • Ukrainian: “Кренстон”
  • Urdu: “کرانسٹون، روڈ آئلینڈ”
  • Urdu: “کرینسٹن، روڈ آئلینڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “Cranston”
  • Volapük: “Cranston”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cranston, Rhode Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cranston”
  • Welsh: “Cranston, Rhode Island”
  • Welsh: “Cranston”

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